Just Scheduled My Pre-Admission Testing...

[bbest]

This visit will be for an anesthesia consult and pre-op evaluation. Need some of you to chime in here and let me know what I can expect. I cannot believe how fast this is going. Just a few weeks back it seemed like my surgery date was way in the future and now it's only 3 weeks away :eek:

[sweetness514]

My pre ops always took all day, so in case you wait a lot in between the Xrays and talks with nurses and doctors, bring something to drink and eat or take a break to go eat lunch at the cafeteria, have a good breakfast before as well.

[summer]

Mine went much smoother than I expected. They took some blood, answered all questions. I had to sign and fill out some scary paperwork, but it was all standard routine procedures. It took about two hours

[blairf83]

My preops were pretty easy. The hospital had me do paperwork and give them a full medical history, set up my autologous donations. I didn't have an anesthesia consult. And then was referred to my family doctor for the other tests... Blood and urine tests and an EKG. Nothing too bad.

[bbest]

Thanks for replying, everyone. I guess I just needed to get a feel for what I should expect. I do hate surprises!

Brandi

[katblack]

Brandi,
My pre-ops were an all day event. Make sure to take a drink and a snack with you but ask if you'll be able to eat it. They had to do blood and urine samples on my day and so I couldn't eat until after those two tests were out of the way.
I met with all the different departments and people who would be involved from the anesthesiologists to the nurses on the different floors I would be in the care of.
It was not a bad thing at all and actually eased a lot of my fears I had.

[bbest]

Kat -

Were you able to tour the ICU, Ortho unit, etc. I would really like to be able to do that and I am going to mention it to my surgeon. I need to know everything all at once. I'm an impatient little thing!

[katblack]

I was able to but each surgeon and hospital does things differently so be sure to ask. :)

[sweetness514]

I see that it differs from hospital and surgeons. I would maybe call them before you go to see if you can have breakfast that morning, b/c if you can, have a good one. I did the blood test first but had breakfast before, maybe we don't all get the same tests done.