Upcoming Revision Surgery getting close & making me nervous!

May 18, 2010

I'm scheduled for my Lapband to RNY revision on June 8th. Last Monday, I went to my doctor (here in Georgia) for all my preop testing. She mentioned my low heart rate, it was in the 40's. I told her I've known about the Bradycardia or low heart rate for 5 or 6 years. I've been told about it before. She wasn't worried about it, since I was not light headed, passing out or suffering from lots of headaches. Well, they faxed all the results yesterday to Dr Weaver's office. Her nurse, Vanessa, called me and told me that I need to see a cardiologist for a pre-op cardiac clearance. She said, that the EKG results showed low heart rate & T wave abnormalities. I called my doctors office back for a referral & she told me she didn't think I needed a clearance because the T wave abnormality was because of the low heart rate but did give me one. I'm seeing the cardiologist tomorrow. Please pray that everything is ok. I'm not too worried yet. I'm glad I got an appointment quickly. I've been tinkering around the message boards but got pretty discouraged because so many responses told me not to waste my time with the RNY but go for  the DS. I don't even think my doctor does the DS & my insurance was already approved. But after reading Dr Davis's from Big Medicines book I feel better about not having the DS. He doesn't even do them because of the risk and only recommends them  for super obese. I have gotten a couple people to give me good positive feedback that have had the revision to RNY. I'm so grateful for them. I'll post again soon.

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