- From Pre-Op holding, you will be transported on the stretcher into the operating room (OR).
- Your family will be instructed to wait in the surgery waiting room.
- Once you are in the OR, the anesthesiologist will give you medication to put you to sleep.
- When your surgery is finished, a nurse will call the waiting room to notify your family.
- The surgeon will speak with your family there.
- Next, you will go to Day Surgery (Pre-Op Holding).
- Here you will be asked to change into a gown and lay on a stretcher.
- Compression pumps will be attached to your feet or legs to promote circulation.
- The surgeon and anesthesiologist will meet you here and talk with you.
- The anesthesiologist will give you some medicine to relax you.
- You may have 1 or 2 family members with you in this area.
- Check in at Registration at the time given to you by the Nicholson Clinic.
- Here you will sign paperwork and get checked in.
- You may be asked to sign more consent forms even if you signed some at in our office. This is to verify to the hospital that you have been informed about this surgery and understand the procedure, its risks and expected outcomes.
- Take only blood pressure pills with a sip of water.
- Do not eat, drink or take any other medications.
- If it will come off of your body, leave it at home (ALL jewelry, piercings, watch, contacts, etc.).
- Do bring glasses and/or hearing aid.
- Wear comfortable clothing.
- Bring your C-PAP/BiPAP machine with you if you have one.
- If you give yourself insulin, take only ½ the usual dose the night before surgery.
- Have a liquid dinner.
- Do not eat or drink anything after 10 pm.
- Place your Scopolamine patch behind your ear. This will help control nausea following surgery. You can take it off three days following your
- surgery. Remove the patch if you have blurred vision.
