Blood work
At my centre HRRH you get your paperwork for your blood work when you are at your appointment. My appt with my dietician was at 10:30, saw the nurse right after her at 11:20, then they gave me my blood work requisition to take to the lab where I only waited (surprisingly) 15 minutes. So yes, it's a couple of hours from beginning to end of your appointments. One thing I had forgotten about for my three month follow up was I needed to fast, so this time I made sure I didn't eat or drink ( excep****er to take my morning meds/vits) after midnight. I was a little concerned that I wouldn't be eating/drinking til noon or later, but I was fine, totally felt great, I ate a protein bar in the car on my hour ride home.
Annette 😄
No blood work needed for the first follow up :) They'll give you a requisition to get done 3-4 weeks before your 2nd follow up though.
All that really happens is someone will come get you to be weighed first, then you'll talk to a nurse who looks at your incisions and takes your blood pressure, asks if there are any concerns. Then they'll send you to the same room where we had the nutrition class. That's where you see the nutritionist with a group of other people. She goes over a power point presentation, basically a lot of the same info as the first class but with questions and answers and discussion from the group. I learned a bit from that group, lots of things I didn't think I could eat and apparently I can! Then the nurse comes back and goes over her little presentation about the medical stuff that could be going on and reviews the follow up process down the line. Then you have a chance to ask questions in private with the nurse or the nutritionist, although no one from my class really did. I think there were only three of us who wanted to speak to the nurse. That's it! I was there from 12:30 - about 3:30 I think, could have been a little earlier/later.