Bone Scan

Jay Harper
on 7/25/08 7:31 am - Oxford, MS
Hey everyone. I am a 17 year old looking to have gastric bypass. My insurance does not discriminate against age, but i did find something rather odd. Has any other teens that had WLS had to have a Bone Scan?

 

offstringgirl
on 7/25/08 8:57 am - CA

I believe all teens that have surgery have to have a bone scan done before surgery to make sure that your skeleton is fully mature. I know I did, and everyone I know has had one done too.

Jay Harper
on 7/25/08 10:00 am - Oxford, MS
Thanks

 

SFCynthia
on 7/26/08 11:39 am - San Francisco, CA
Yes, my son had to have a bone scan.  They were looking at his knees most of all to make sure that the joints had completly formed.

They also made him have a heart test, and have a psych evaluation, and see a nutritionist.

He also had to take Prescription Actigall and Prevacid for 6 months following the surgery since I wanted them to keep his gall bladder in.  This medication was to insure he did not form gall stones.  The doctor would have removed his Gall Bladder if it was showing sign of damage.  But it was not damaged.

Your doctor may have you take the medication ursodiol (Actigall), which dissolves cholesterol stones over a period of time".

and  Prevacid to avoid ulcers, and sever acid reflux.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Carl Sagan

Jay Harper
on 7/27/08 6:20 am - Oxford, MS
Thanks all

 

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