What can I do before the appointment to speed up the process of getting ready for weight loss surgery?
• Select a primary care physician if you don’t already have one, and establish a relationship with him or her. Work with your physician to ensure that your routine health maintenance testing is current. For example, women may have a pap smear, and if over 40 years of age, a breast exam. And for men, this may include a prostate specific antigen test (PSA). • Make a list of all the diets you have tried (a diet history) and bring it to your doctor. • Bring any pertinent medical data to your appointment with the bariatric surgeon – this would include reports of special tests (echocardiogram, sleep study, etc.) or hospital discharge summary if you have been in the hospital. • Bring a list of your medications with dose and schedule. • Stop smoking. Surgical patients who use tobacco products are at a higher surgical risk.
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