Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 My pre-op testing consisted of the following: psych eval blood tests (about 8 vials) physical exam including blood pressure, external stomach check, measurements, check eyes, ears, nose secondary physical with another doctor which included a lot of questions, similar physical exam and EKG chest xray None of the tests I had were invasive nor did I have to drink any nasty stuff (until the bowel prep the day before surgery). I know I was on the minimal end of tests done since my co-morbidities were not causing any serious lung/stomach/digestive problems at the time. Kathy M. DS 7/19/01 Dr. Hares 213 pre-op 173 today (40 lbs. lost!!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 , thanks so much for the info!!! dee --- @... wrote: > The UGI is done by having you swallow a liquid > called barium. They can then see the outline of your stomach and how the barium flows into your intestines. Arterial blood gases is blood drawn from the artery in your wrist to determine how well oxygenated your blood is. > The pulmonary function tests involve you breathing > into all kinds of > machines, takes about 2 hours, to determine the > health of your lungs. > At USC if you are able you do the treadmill, if you > can't they induce > your heart to pump faster with drugs instead. > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 Thank You I needed to hear what Dr Rabkin does. Pre-op appointment on Sept 27th and surgery on Oct.2nd. Tami __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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