seemego2150
Getting very busy
Jun 19, 2009
Whew! Lots of things going on. Last week I received a letter from the surgeon's office instructing me on a few new appointments for clearance so I've got a start on them.Today I saw the cardiologist. I was able to take a copy of the EKG I had done on June 3, as well as the chest xray from the same day, so that saved a bit of time. A stress test is required for all bariatric surgery patients through my surgeon so I had a stress test which went very well. I'd never had one before. My blood pressure was 120/80 when I arrived and of course went up some when I'd been walking on the treadmill for a while. Once at rest for3 minutes after it was over it went back down to 114/78.
Aside from just a surgery prep it was pretty cool to have the stress test and for them to get a nice look at my heart valves, etc. My grandmother had heard disease so to have someone look at mine now was reassuring.
Monday (3 days from today) I see the surgeon and at that time I will get a surgery date. Then on Wednesday I see the pulmonologist. I wonder what type of tests they do at a pulmonology appointment?
I will have a lab appointment a week prior to surgery. That should be all of my appointments!!!
Today is Friday. This week on Monday I started my weekly weigh-ins. I've done really well so far this week so I hope that on Monday morning the scale reflects that!
