The Steps to Surgery Checklist

The following checklist was emailed directly from the Center for Weight loss and Bariatric Surgery: It lists all the requirements that have to be done before I can have the surgery. I was also given a sheet that discusses payments that I will have to make prior to surgery. I may need to have a rummage sale before the surgery in order to meet all the financial aspects of the surgery! I will share that sheet later, but I'm asking that you will pray that God will provide when the time is necessary.

04-06-16

Thank you for trusting us with your surgical weight loss needs! Below are the steps that our team has defined as being necessary to complete prior to your surgery!


STEPS TO SURGERY CHECKLIST
- Psychiatric evaluation by licensed psychiatrist or psychologist.
(Note: If you had your eval done with Dr. Buhrman, it typically takes about 2 weeks for our office to receive the finalized report!)

- Medical clearance by your primary care physician (which includes a history and physical). NOTE: This needs to be done no earlier than 30 days prior to your surgery!!

- Written clearance from your cardiologist.

- Upper endoscopy (this is done by Dr. Curry or Dr. Pitt as a part of your pre-op workup).

- Preadmission testing (EKG, blood-work, etc) within 4 weeks of surgery
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- Physician supervised diet program (MONTHLY) for 6 months. started with us, see ya next month :)

- Preop Nutrition Class. This is typically done about 4 weeks prior to surgery. You have the option of doing this online, or live in the Cincinnati office.

PRE-OP DIET/WEIGHT LOSS REQUIREMENTS:
Your pre-op diet will be 4 weeks in duration. The cost will be $376. This must be paid on or before your nutrition class, which will be 4-6 weeks before your surgery! Note that these are products that you will eat in place of regular food. According to a recent Gallup poll, the average American spends $151/week on food, so the preop diet will actually be a cost saving for most patients!


Pre-surgery target weight: 475 lbs

Pre-scheduling target weight: 500 lbs. This means that we cannot give you a surgery date until you reach this weight!