Question:
VALLEY SURGICAL PRE-OP TEST

considering wls at valley surgical specialists in fresno. what are the pre-op tests they will require? i know 1 is a physh eval... does anyone have a list of them from the seminar they can fax to me??thanks    — double D. (posted on April 7, 2002)

April 7, 2002
Hi there. I just spoke with a 1 year post op of theirs last Wednesday and asked this EXACT same question. She said their pre-op testing was contingent upon your family history, medical history, and current health. As she had no family history or problems herself with high blood pressure and no family history of heart disease they didn't run any of those tests (EKG, stress tests, etc). And because she had been researching WLS for 2 years, went in there armed to the gills with knowledge of what WLS will and won't do for you they didn't even require a psych eval! (Her doc was Dr. Higga)
   — Shelly S.

September 20, 2002
I just attended a seminar and they now "require" a psych evaluation on everybody. They also said that they are not scheduling any Blue Cross patients for six months as they are THAT booked. You have to attend the seminar and if it is going to be a while, you should get all of the pre op testing out of the way, based on your medical history. I am already doing cardiologist and gastroenterologist just so I won't have to do it later. Hoping that if it's out of the way, I can be scheduled for surgey sooner. Good luck.
   — MrsGadget