Re: Pre Op appointment tomorrow..what do I expect?

[Guest guest]

Nothing scary, Kev., unless you're just scared of hospitals and

white coats, which some folks are.

You will need blood tests. You will need lung x-rays. You will

probably need an EKG. You may need x-rays of your mouth. All of

which can take up most of the day in our local hospitals. (The name

of the game is all too often, hurry up and wait.)

My surgeon did fit my splint the night before surgery. If he's

there, and has already done your moulds, he may want to do that,

too. Or if they haven't taken recent impressions, you're probably in

for those.

You'll probably get the prescriptions, so you can get them filled

before the surgery. And hey -- no matter how much blood they want,

you will only have to have one stick, if the sticker is good at the

job!

They may also counsel you about post op nutrition, wound care, etc.

And give you a chance to ask any questions you may have.

Or do other things. but those would be my guesses.

C.

> 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).

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> Yann

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[Guest guest]

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

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> 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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