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Impressed

posted ‎‎Nov 22, 2008 12:59 PM‎‎ by James Strickland
I went for the pretesting for my surgery at St. Vincent Outpatient Department. I was impressed with how they kept things moving. I spent very little time waiting, and when I was waiting I knew why. If they keep it up I'm sure everything will go great on surgery day.
At this visit they did the usual blood pressure, pulse, blood oxygen test. Also they took some blood and asked a lot of questions. They called Dr. Peek to see if he wanted any extra tests done, and he requested a chest x-ray. I thought I'd get out of there without taking my clothes off, but at least it was just my shirt and the x-ray lady was good looking ;-D . If you have any idea that you might have to pee in a cup, don't pee before you go to the doctor. It makes things take longer.
One thing that had the nurses concerned was my pulse rate being 105 or so. I don't know what is up with that. They never mentioned it at the pain management clinic.