Question:
What is the time frame for the pre-op test to be done.

my date is July 17 and I want to make sure I get all my pre-test done on time. Does any one have or remember how soon before surgery all the results are required? I still have blood work and x-rays to do.    — Barbara F. (posted on June 25, 2003)

June 25, 2003
I am having my surgery a week from today. I was originally scheduled for May 14 and already had all my pre-op tests done for that surgery. When I was rescheduled, I was told I would have to redo my pre-op tests. The only tests I needed to repeat were the blood tests and urine tests and go over the medical history again to make sure nothing had changed. My dr requires these tests to be performed within two weeks of your surgery. My xrays and ekgs from the first time around(about 2 months old) were still good. Good Luck with your surgery!!
   — Rhonda P.

June 25, 2003
when i did my testing, it took me about a month for all of them. i was lucky, the majority of them did not require an appointment, and i knocked a few out in one day. i did have to wait i think 2 weeks for my psych test & i think like 1 week for my ultra sound... i had everything done in a month. i put my surgery off until my family & i came home from our vacation- so it was just there waiting for me :o) but as long as the DR's have their test results within a month, i'd say before surgery, all should be fine. it might not have to be a month, but i know my surgeon is way over booked and over worked... and extremly busy so things take a little bit longer :o) GOOD LUCK!
   — heather S.

June 25, 2003
Chest x-ray and EKG are good for at least a month. Blood work needs to be within a week of surgery.
   — bethybb

June 26, 2003
I had all of my testing done 2 weeks prior to surgery.
   — Patty H.

June 26, 2003
DO YOUR BLOOD WORK NOW, ASAP. MY MOTHER HAD HERS DONE A MONTH BEFORE AND THOUGHT SHE WAS AHEAD. TURNED OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH HER THYROID. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL AND SURGERY WAS POSTPONED DUE TO IT.
   — christina K.