St. Jos and toe polish rules?

bogie
on 8/9/11 2:51 am - Canada

I was thinking of having a pedicure before my surgery on the 29th and wondered if anyone who had their surgery at St. Jos in Hamilton knows if they allow you to have polish on your toenails. I will probably just have a french to be sure?

bogie

HW 305.5 Optifast 290 SW 276.5 CW 249 GW 148 My angels are Connie and Leanne

trudylam
on 8/9/11 2:58 am - Sudbury, Canada

RNY on 05/30/11

Sorry, no polish on fingers or toes. They will make you remove it. The nurse that checked me in actually checked my toes. We had a good laugh because I hadn't painted my toes in over 15 years! lol

Monica M.
on 8/9/11 3:28 am - Penetanguishene, Canada

RNY on 03/02/11

They need to be able to check your oxygenation, by the colour of your nail beds. Usually they just use the fingernails, but if those aren't available for some reason, they may need to use your toes.

Pat-60
on 8/9/11 3:39 am

I waited until 2 weeks after my surgery and treated myself to a manicure and pedicure. It felt so good then.

Nov 29/10 Referred to St Josephs Hamilton
Dec 6/10 Orientation
Mar 9/11 Nurse, Dietician & Social Worker
Mar 31/11 Internest
May 26/11 Surgeon & pre-surgery class
JULY 11/11 VSG, hernia repair by Dr Mehran Anvari

GD6
on 8/9/11 3:44 am - Hamilton, Canada

RNY on 02/05/10

I had my Gall Bladder out at St. Joe's on Friday and I had to remove toe and nail polish.

Yasmeen (aka thread killer!)

5'6.5" - HW 239.4 / SW 226.8 (Feb 5, 2010) / GW 120 (Jan 6, 2011) / LW 116.8

Joy D.
on 8/9/11 12:54 pm - Hamilton, Canada

RNY on 02/26/11

sry to hear Yas, i hope ur feeling better and a speedy recovery

No nail or toe polish nor fake nails its standard rules for any type of surgery.

Joy

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Nathalie_Can
on 8/9/11 3:58 am

RNY on 09/14/11

WOW, I'm glad you posted this, I would have never thought it would be an issue!
Thanks!!

~Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you really wanted!~

StevesGal
on 8/9/11 4:52 am - Hamilton, Canada

RNY on 06/29/11

When I was wheeled into the operating room, I made a comment about waiting until afterwards to get a mani/pedi. One of the nurses (it may have been the anethestist) said that a pedi would have been okay, just not the mani. But I'd go in clean to be sure.

Beth

Former RNY patient revising to Sleeve then DS.
Appts: Dietitian - January 21/19; July 16/19, August 13/19, September 17/19, October 15/19; Social Worker: August 23/19; DS Orientation: March 20/19; Internist: September 30/19; Surgeon: November 13/19 (signed consent).
Surgery Date: February 28/20.

MY RNY DIDN'T FAIL ME - I FAILED IT.

TBIYTC
on 8/9/11 9:14 am - Ontario, Canada

VSG on 02/29/12

Glad you brought this up - good to know.

TBIYTC-The Best Is Yet To Come Referral-Mar 2011 Surgery Feb 29th, 2012

C. McMillan
on 8/9/11 9:40 am, edited 8/9/11 9:40 am - Ottawa, Canada

RNY on 12/02/11

What if you have artifical nails i.e. porcelin nails?

Surgery:02-Dec-11 Highest: 344.6lbs Pre-Optifast: 329lbs Surgery: 311.6lbs Current: 221lbs Goal: 200lbs

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