testing tomorrow
Tomorrow I have all my testing at the hospital and really have no idea what to expect. They said about 2-2.5 hours at the hospital and then another hour at the cardiologist. Blood Work, Upper GI, Chest x-Ray, EKG, Cardiac Echo, abdominal Ultrasound. I think I am going to be more exhausted from that than running afer the 3 boys I nanny for! And I am so nervous that they are going to find something horrible - something that will exclude me from surgery. I am sure they won't - but the thought is still there, I guess thats normal!
Shana
I'm a volunteer MSPCA foster mom and was at their volunteer appreciation BBQ today and had refused a piece of chocolate cake for dessert; my boss apologized because she knew about the surgery and I started to leave.
Wouldn't you know - another volunteer came to me and said she had the surgery a year ago and had lost 120 lbs! She asked if I was nervous and we began to talk about various things. She said she also feared being excluded, as did everyone in HER group, and that it was natural.
She reminded me that all the testing is done for 2 reasons: for my safety, and do discover possible problems that would HELP weight loss surgery approval, not hinder it. That made sense; I just had my sleep study last week and ended up on CPAP within 2 hours. I would have never have known otherwise what was causing my symptoms, and sleep apnea is one of the surgical indicators.
Best of all - she lives in my town, just a short distance away,so we exchanged phone numbers for mutual support!
Kathy
Hello Ladies
I went through the testing about a month and 1/2 ago. It is a very long day but worth it to do it all at once. You will have to fast the night before...no food after 12 I believe. When you check in in the morning you do your chest x-ray, abdominal ultra sound and blood work first. After that you can have a light lunch then you have the rest of your tests. I found that they were not bad at all. I'm not a fan of needles so that was actually my worst part...even though they found a vein very quickly. Most of the day is waiting around so don't be too considered about being tired. The testing is done to mostly make sure you are a good candidate medically meaning you won't have any side effects from the surgery such as your breathing, it is important for the anastegiologist (sp?) to know how oxygen rich your lungs are, etc. Bring a book you will definitely be there for atleast how long they tell you, or atleast I was, I went through Dr. Hess at Quincy Medical Center. Good luck with the rest of your journey!!
Meg
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Starting: 291 Current: 223 Goal: 140
Surgery on Jan 2nd, 2008
Starting: 291 Current: 223 Goal: 140
Surgery on Jan 2nd, 2008
It's at a minimum a long morning Shana. I work with Dr. Shore - She and Dr. Jiser are colleagues, in fact I think he is her second surgeon in my surgery Tuesday. Their team sets up a nice flow of testing, but you will be hungry and thirsty by the end, especially after the upper GI. I brought a muffin and a bottled water with me so I had something at the end. My testing went from about 8:30am - 11:30 am. The echocardiogram was done for me previously so I didn't have it that day. Are you going to Lowell or Emerson?
Julie
Im am finally home from all of my testing! It was not at all as bad as I thought. I started at 8:15 a.m. and was done with all of the testing at the hospital by 9:30. After that it was 25 minutes at the cardiologists. Everyone was so helpful and friendly. All of the nurses said that they were always so amazed at the end result of the surgeries and that all of the testing was worth it! The UGI was well lets be honest - unpleasant - but not nearly as bad as I imagined. I am glad to have it all over with and to be moving on with this process. Thank You to everyone for your supportive comments! Shana
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