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Preparation for your weight loss surgery - 1
1. Your Consultation
2. Medications
3. In the Weeks and Days Before Your Procedure
4. The Night Before Your Procedure
5. The Day of Your Procedure
Your Consultation
1. Bring to the appointment a list of prescription pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter drugs，herbal or vitamin supplements you are taking.
2. Prepare to review your medical history, providing the names and phone numbers of physicians you are seeing or have seen recently.
3. Tell your surgeon about any anesthesia complications that you or a family member has experienced.
For example, some people may inhale food or liquids into their lungs as a result of the suppression of the normal throat reflexes that general anesthesia can cause. This is one of the reasons your surgeon will tell you to avoid eating and drinking within a certain period of time before surgery.
4. Obtain directions to the surgical facility.
5. Request a list of preoperative and postoperative instructions, include:
● discontinuation of certain medications
● showering recommendations
● a list of medications that must be taken before the procedure
● when to stop eating and drinking before the procedure
● a list of supplies that you will need after the procedure
● which medications should be crushed after surgery and which can be taken whole
6. Find out what kind of support the surgeon's practice offers throughout recovery.
7. Request emergency contact phone numbers.
8. Request information about support groups for assistance before and after the procedure.
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