Need some advice

Hi everyone, hope all have had a great monday....tomorrow I have my initial appointment with the Pulminary dr...what happens there?? I know he is the one that will set up my sleep study but what else does he do to clear you for surgery????....I hope somebody can tell me a little info on this...then next Tuesday I have my initial appt with the gastronoligist (sp?) to set up for an upper GI endoscopy...that I am not looking forward to ...thanks for all your help and good luck to all that have their surgery coming up.........we be looking for you when I get to the losing side... April

April, I have my sleep test done on wednesday. My doc told me it was to see if you have sleep apnea. So they would know in advance what kind of care to give u during surgery. For instance if you need to be hooked up to a cpap during surgery. I dont know of any other reason myself. Good Luck to ya.

i just did a lung function test ( breath into this little thing) and answered questions

I had a sleep test , a lung function test, and the abg blood gasses teat.It will be alright - have a good day ---- MaC *#*

Hi April, well the pulmologist will ask you a few questions, listen to you breath via a stethscope and you'll breathe into a machine to check your lung capacity. Its nothing big at all. Its fast and easy. However, don't go if you're having asthma symptoms or trouble breathing. Either take your medication or reschedual. This is not a test you want to fail. Its done to make sure you'll have enough lung capacity to see you thru surgery and afterwards.