Today was my pre-op

Wow it went so much smoother than I expected.

First I got weighed, and they asked my height. Then I answered 5,674 questions (im kidding) but it sure seemed like that many. It was all health related and a bit of family history. Then they took 2 small vials of my blood and that was it! All finished. The blood was for a hemogram (crit and globin) and a pregnancy test

I did receive a bunch of booklets, info packets, and the forms for a living will/power of attorney if I choose to fill them out. Morbid huh?
No EKG, no X-ray, no stress test and no urine specimen.
Not bad Took 30 minutes with the nurse and I was out of there. Too bad the wait was 90 min. lolol

I did find out that the reason I have to be at the hosp 3 hours before surgery is that they do a perineum shave :cry:, a betadine douche, more blood draws, IV, anesthesiologist consult, and possibly the catheter, but most likely the cath will be put in after I am in la-la land. After dealing with the humility of the shave.. they'd better not even ask about a cath while im still awake. lol

Pre-op was a breeze. Just thought I'd share that with the ladies who were worried or concerned with it.

Thanks for the good report on the pre op. Mine was longer but still pretty easy.
I didn't get shaved and catheterized until after I was "out" right before surgery. I liked it better that way. I was awake for the betadine douche but I got to give it to myself - that was a BIG relief!
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I had my pre op today also, and mine was long, so many questions.. But thank God, they said I could come home and shave myself, and that was a relief.. So now tomorrow is the big day, and I'm so nervous right now, and my honey is at work. I sure could use a big hug from him right now.
I am so grateful for this site, it has been a wonderful support for me...

Good Luck with your surgery..

Tammy

Thank you HoneyRose for posting about your post-op experience. It does help all of us LIW to know what goes on behind those secret doors of post-op-ville.

Mine isn't until next week and I have written down all of my questions for my dr. Most of them have been answered here online though, and I'm sure she will be quite surprised at how prepared I am for this surgery.

~hugs~