St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland(Pre-Testing)

earlwells
on 1/23/07 12:00 am - Millbury, OH
Seen surgeon on 1/22/07, Dr. SonPaul Im having Bypass done, and forgot to ask what all the Pretesting entails. I am one of those guys that is scared to death with pain, and taking all I got to go forward. Can anyone tell me how and what with they pretest you with. Trying to Psych up. Thanks
(deactivated member)
on 1/23/07 3:04 am - N.E., OH
Hi Earl, I had surgery at St.V 14 mo. ago. Dr. Sonpal assisted w/my surgery. As far as pre-testing goes, expect bloodwork, pulmonary testing, psych. eval, possible sleep study, and others as the Dr. determines. I'm assuming you're having open surg., as I did. You should ask about the pain pump that numbs the abdominal wall. I didn't have it, and that first afternoon was no fun. However, by that night, I was out of bed, and pain levels were manageable. GOOOOD pain meds! Like most things, I think the anxiety over WLS was worse than actually living through it. Pre and post-op education is excellent there, and I'd recommend the program to others, just follow the rules. Doug
lisa38
on 1/23/07 11:14 am - Cleveland, OH
Earl, I had pre-testing done at St. V's about two weeks ago. The day included the following: (1) filling out papers, (2) getting blood drawn, (3) providing your medical history to a nurse and then to a doctor, (4) an EKG, (5) breathing test, and (6) about 2 hours of nurses or dieticians talking about what the do's and don'ts before and after surgery. No pain was involved -- other than the whole day could have been compressed into a morning. Lisa
lindaway
on 1/24/07 12:58 pm - Mentor, OH
I presume by pretesting you mean before you get approval. I had to see a cardiologist, sleep apnea, 6 months nutrition counseling, a psych consult and a vascular doctor. The PAT involved bloodwork, breathing test, doctor and nutrition visit and before photos. Good luck. Linda 367/179/?
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