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Friday, September 12, 2014

PRE-SURGICAL TESTING

Yesterday things could not get more real to me. I went in for pre-surgical testing and realized that I had to do and think about issues that I never thought of before. The appointment was not only about EKG, and blood work, but special instructions to adhere to between now and the day of the surgery.
Don't take vitamins, don't take aspirin or NSAIDs, don't eat from the night before, do take my regular high blood pressure pills with only a sip of water, don't even chew gum. Bring in the CPAP machine to be used in recovery and for any time I may fall asleep. Many do's and don'ts. Paperwork up the wazzoo to read, all my rights and laws that govern. I am going one day at a time with this, but it is harrowing, to say the least. 
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