Re: A littel info for the pre-ops (Kathi)

[Guest guest]

Kathi,

We all have the fear that we'll be the only ONE that the surgery

doesn't work for. It will work, it's your scale that's faulty.

Remember to measure yourself, too, the inches start dropping off also.

Bern

7/24/00

> ALL: Take copies of your EKG and bloodwork to the hospital with

> you. Also, if your insurance required a separate referral for the

> hospital (mine did, since the hospital was out of network), take a

> copy of the referral. It'll speed things along greatly...you can

> call after 3:30 to find out your surgery time, but Dr. Rutledge

> requires that ALL patients be there at 7 am, no matter what time

> their surgery is.

>

> Take care, everyone--you're almost there.

>

> On another note, I'm getting damned pissed at my bathroom scales--5

> days postop and they haven't MOVED....I'm gonna go on the

assumption

> that they're faulty...surely I can't be the ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD

> that this doesn't work for....