Meeting surgeon tomorrow for the first time. Ideas for questions to ask the doctor?

jarabacoagirl
on 5/30/12 1:02 am

VSG on 12/17/12

So my appointment with the surgeon was supposed to be for June 26th. But funny thing is I get a called to confirm my appointment for tomorrow. :-) Here when sceduling my appointment with the patient coordinator/nurse practitionar we mention a few tenative dates and some how she put me in for both by accident. So I'm taking the appoint for tomorrow. :-) I will have an appoint still June 26th to meet the nutrionist/and shrink. Anyone have any good ideas for questions to ask the doctor. I have a few I wrote done but anymore I didn't think of would be great. Thanks! I'm nervous. :-)

HW 302 lbs. SW 279.8 lbs. CW 193.8 lbs MFP Jarabacoagirl Preop diets 22.2 lbs, 1st month 21.2 lbs, 2nd month 14.6 lbs, 3rd month 11.2 lbs, 4th month 7 lbs, 5th month 7 lbs, 6th month 6.8 lbs, 7th month 5.2 lbs, 8th month 4.4 lbs 9 and 10th months slowed down didn't record exactly

108.2 lbs lost from highest weight!

(86.2 lbs of that was lost since surgery date)

JV_ladybug
on 5/30/12 2:07 am - San Antonio, TX

VSG on 04/10/12

First thing I asked my surgeon was how long should I take off from work for the surgery. Second question was about what hospital the surgery would be performed at. The reason for this is because not all hospitals are the same. I also asked what kind of things I needed to do to get the surgery (i.e. sleep study, cardiologist visit, ect).

Starting: 284. Op Day: 264. Current: 185.80. Goal: 180.
Main goal: To be able to take the "morbidly" out.

jarabacoagirl
on 5/30/12 2:12 am

VSG on 12/17/12

Yes I do know the hospital since I went to the info session first. But I guess that how much time off work maybe a good question. Someone told me it takes 6 weeks to completely heal some are able to work sooner. Did you find that to be about right?

HW 302 lbs. SW 279.8 lbs. CW 193.8 lbs MFP Jarabacoagirl Preop diets 22.2 lbs, 1st month 21.2 lbs, 2nd month 14.6 lbs, 3rd month 11.2 lbs, 4th month 7 lbs, 5th month 7 lbs, 6th month 6.8 lbs, 7th month 5.2 lbs, 8th month 4.4 lbs 9 and 10th months slowed down didn't record exactly

108.2 lbs lost from highest weight!

(86.2 lbs of that was lost since surgery date)

JV_ladybug
on 5/30/12 2:39 am - San Antonio, TX

VSG on 04/10/12

I thought it'd be six weeks too, but he told me anywhere from a week & a half to two weeks before I could go back to work. I took two weeks off but honestly, I could have gone back after a week.

Starting: 284. Op Day: 264. Current: 185.80. Goal: 180.
Main goal: To be able to take the "morbidly" out.

jarabacoagirl
on 5/30/12 2:44 am

VSG on 12/17/12

I'll probably do something like that. Though I work from home PT so I can go back to that sooner. But I also do cleaning jobs PT so I probably will not go back to them for the 6 weeks since we aren't supposed to lift more than 10 lbs in the beginning.

HW 302 lbs. SW 279.8 lbs. CW 193.8 lbs MFP Jarabacoagirl Preop diets 22.2 lbs, 1st month 21.2 lbs, 2nd month 14.6 lbs, 3rd month 11.2 lbs, 4th month 7 lbs, 5th month 7 lbs, 6th month 6.8 lbs, 7th month 5.2 lbs, 8th month 4.4 lbs 9 and 10th months slowed down didn't record exactly

108.2 lbs lost from highest weight!

(86.2 lbs of that was lost since surgery date)

sutherngrl94
on 5/30/12 2:11 am - Raleigh, NC

Take a deep breath, you'll be just fine.

Before my appointment, I googled questions to ask the surgeon for the surgery I was having. It helped me think about things to ask that were appropriate for me. I also believe there are questions on here as well (can't think where to tell you they are though, of course).

Have you decided on the specific surgery yet? That's one question he/she will ask you.

jarabacoagirl
on 5/30/12 2:14 am

VSG on 12/17/12

Yes definitely VSG or no surgery at all. I will not do any of the others too much risk for compilications. Good idea to google questions thanks. :-)

HW 302 lbs. SW 279.8 lbs. CW 193.8 lbs MFP Jarabacoagirl Preop diets 22.2 lbs, 1st month 21.2 lbs, 2nd month 14.6 lbs, 3rd month 11.2 lbs, 4th month 7 lbs, 5th month 7 lbs, 6th month 6.8 lbs, 7th month 5.2 lbs, 8th month 4.4 lbs 9 and 10th months slowed down didn't record exactly

108.2 lbs lost from highest weight!

(86.2 lbs of that was lost since surgery date)

tmrizzo
on 5/30/12 2:31 am - NJ

Hello. I would ask the mortality. Stats for the practice. If they didnt already tell u at the seminar. ..i askd the pre op diet, my doc doesnt do liquid 2weeks b4. At the seminar i learned the doc im usuing does staple and stitch.

jarabacoagirl
on 5/30/12 2:37 am

VSG on 12/17/12

Yeah I'm concerned about that. I was told this practice doesnt' oversue the staples. Does oversuing the staples really make a big difference. I'm not sure.

I think there mortality rate is zero the entire practice. That's what the nurse practioner said on the phone.

HW 302 lbs. SW 279.8 lbs. CW 193.8 lbs MFP Jarabacoagirl Preop diets 22.2 lbs, 1st month 21.2 lbs, 2nd month 14.6 lbs, 3rd month 11.2 lbs, 4th month 7 lbs, 5th month 7 lbs, 6th month 6.8 lbs, 7th month 5.2 lbs, 8th month 4.4 lbs 9 and 10th months slowed down didn't record exactly

108.2 lbs lost from highest weight!

(86.2 lbs of that was lost since surgery date)

Izabelle G.
on 5/31/12 6:25 am - Cheltenham, PA

VSG on 10/15/12

How did it go? Which surgeon did you meet?

Meeting surgeon tomorrow for the first time. Ideas for questions to ask the doctor?

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Meeting surgeon tomorrow for the first time. Ideas for questions to ask the doctor?