Pre Op appointment tomorrow..what do I expect?

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Hey everyone, I have my preop appointment tomorrow for surgery ont he 20th.

They told me to book out a whole day for it, now im worried..what should I

expect at a DAY LONG appointment/// they can only take so much blood..lol....

any thoughts? how was your preop appointment? what did they do... anything

scary?

Thanks All

Oh yea, shoudl I expect to have to take my earring out cause I just changed it

and it was so hard to get in I dont want to take it out until my surgery

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[Guest guest]

My pre-op appointment was an hour long and basically a repeat of the

consultation - " here's what we're going to do and here's what you

need to know, oh and sign here and have a physician fill this

out " ... I don't see why any apointment would be a full day, unless

it's the surgery itself (mine was 6.5 hours + 5 hours in recovery).

Yann

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> Hey everyone, I have my preop appointment tomorrow for surgery ont

he 20th. They told me to book out a whole day for it, now im

worried..what should I expect at a DAY LONG appointment/// they can

only take so much blood..lol.... any thoughts? how was your preop

appointment? what did they do... anything scary?

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> Thanks All

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> Oh yea, shoudl I expect to have to take my earring out cause I

just changed it and it was so hard to get in I dont want to take it

out until my surgery

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[Guest guest]

yea no one knows why its so long.... but they said I would be spending the

morning with them and the afternoon with the pre admission clinic for tests....

im scared stiff, and surgery is still amore than a week away

ycleroux wrote:

My pre-op appointment was an hour long and basically a repeat of the

consultation - " here's what we're going to do and here's what you

need to know, oh and sign here and have a physician fill this

out " ... I don't see why any apointment would be a full day, unless

it's the surgery itself (mine was 6.5 hours + 5 hours in recovery).

Yann

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> Hey everyone, I have my preop appointment tomorrow for surgery ont

he 20th. They told me to book out a whole day for it, now im

worried..what should I expect at a DAY LONG appointment/// they can

only take so much blood..lol.... any thoughts? how was your preop

appointment? what did they do... anything scary?

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>

>

> Thanks All

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> Oh yea, shoudl I expect to have to take my earring out cause I

just changed it and it was so hard to get in I dont want to take it

out until my surgery

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[Guest guest]

oh you're going in for pre-admission testing , that's why it

will take almost a whole day. My doctor told me the same thing and

it's good to do the pre-admission testing well in advance of your

surgery. Basically they'll run a few blood tests on you, standard

stuff you would have to do for any operation, they'll check your

blood pressure, heart beat etc. Don't be scared, feel secure in that

they're doing all this testing to make sure everything runs smoothly

during surgery. the morning sesh will probably be much as what Yann

just said, an in-depth discussion on what they will be doing during

surgery, what to expect on the day and what to expect post-op.

Good luck!

Sara

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> > Hey everyone, I have my preop appointment tomorrow for surgery

ont

> he 20th. They told me to book out a whole day for it, now im

> worried..what should I expect at a DAY LONG appointment/// they can

> only take so much blood..lol.... any thoughts? how was your preop

> appointment? what did they do... anything scary?

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks All

> >

> > Oh yea, shoudl I expect to have to take my earring out cause I

> just changed it and it was so hard to get in I dont want to take it

> out until my surgery

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[Guest guest]

do they give you the results and everything the same day...i.e. ok you for the

surgery then based on the tests? or is another waiting game?

Sara wrote:

oh you're going in for pre-admission testing , that's why it

will take almost a whole day. My doctor told me the same thing and

it's good to do the pre-admission testing well in advance of your

surgery. Basically they'll run a few blood tests on you, standard

stuff you would have to do for any operation, they'll check your

blood pressure, heart beat etc. Don't be scared, feel secure in that

they're doing all this testing to make sure everything runs smoothly

during surgery. the morning sesh will probably be much as what Yann

just said, an in-depth discussion on what they will be doing during

surgery, what to expect on the day and what to expect post-op.

Good luck!

Sara

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> > Hey everyone, I have my preop appointment tomorrow for surgery

ont

> he 20th. They told me to book out a whole day for it, now im

> worried..what should I expect at a DAY LONG appointment/// they can

> only take so much blood..lol.... any thoughts? how was your preop

> appointment? what did they do... anything scary?

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks All

> >

> > Oh yea, shoudl I expect to have to take my earring out cause I

> just changed it and it was so hard to get in I dont want to take it

> out until my surgery

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[Guest guest]

Yep you said it to a tee... Got in at 8 in the maxxilofacial facial surgery

department, met with Dr. Precious and his residents, they all had a good poke

and prod at me. They did some xrays, a load of molds(ewwwww) and took more

mugshots.

Then I went upstairs at 1 for the meeting with the preadmissions nusre and the

blood taker. He complimented me on how beautiful my blood was..lol. The nurse

was super helpful, like she went out of her way to make sure things were

prepared fo rme, even so far as getting the nurses on my ward to call friends

once im out of surgery ! Im glad its over, next visit will be the real thing.

Thanks everyone for your response, I knew what to expect!

K

Mel wrote:

From your name I'm assuming your pre-op appointment is in Halifax??

Well that's where mine (and the following surgery) was. I went to

the old General there at the QEII site. The reason it's

all day is because technically I had 2 appointments. One at 8am

with the oral surgeon in the basement of the Centennial Building for

some xrays and they took molds of my teeth and then the other was at

1pm up on the 10th floor of the Building (pre-admissions)

for blood work and I talked to a nurse there as well. They took my

blood pressure and weighed me and asked me about my family history.

My appointment in the morning was about an hour long and the one in

the afternoon was about an hour or two. So you see, it's an all day

appointment that lasts a couple of hours. Longer if they're running

behind I suppose. Hope that helps.

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> > Hey everyone, I have my preop appointment tomorrow for surgery

ont

> he 20th. They told me to book out a whole day for it, now im

> worried..what should I expect at a DAY LONG appointment/// they

can

> only take so much blood..lol.... any thoughts? how was your preop

> appointment? what did they do... anything scary?

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks All

> >

> > Oh yea, shoudl I expect to have to take my earring out cause I

> just changed it and it was so hard to get in I dont want to take

it

> out until my surgery

> >

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