Call the clinic @ 210-292-4303, to let us know that you have completed the required testing.
--Please DO NOT call the clinic after each individual test is completed.
--We will gather all of your test results together so that the surgeon can review them as a completed set, not in increments.
--If any further testing is required; the bariatric clinic will order that testing and notify you.
--If no more testing is required you will then be placed on our waiting list in order of your last testing date.
--Your chart will be reviewed by the surgeons and you will be called in 2-4 weeks for a pre-operative appointment and surgery date.
--Approximately 2-3 weeks before your surgery, you will receive a call from the Bariatric Clinic. This is to notify you of a tentative surgery date. You will be asked to accept or decline the surgery date. *Note* that if you cancel on your accepted surgery date twice you will go to the bottom of the list.
--If you accept, you will then be given a Thursday morning pre-operative appointment. This is an all day appointment. Please schedule your time accordingly.
--At the pre-operative appointment, you will have a physical exam and speak with your surgeon. Also meet with a nurse to discuss: 2 week pre-operative diet, bowel prep, post-operative instructions and follow up appointments (2 week, 1,3,6 month). Pre-operative tests are ordered (EKG, chest xray, labs). You will also likely have your Anesthesia appointment this day in the afternoon.
****PLEASE UNDERSTAND****
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ENTERED OUR PROGRAM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL HAVE BARIATRIC SURGERY.
If you are deemed as poor candidate for surgery we will contact you as soon as possible. Our surgeons make the final decisions.
THIS IS A MILITARY FACILITY AND SURGERY DATES ARE CONTINGENT UPON MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS AND COMMITMENTS.
Waiting time may vary from 2 months to 8 months. This is an elective surgery and can be cancelled at any time. Be assured that if your surgery is cancelled, it will be rescheduled for first available O.R. slot.
--There are NO urgent or emergent gastric bypass surgeries performed at this facility.
****PLEASE BE AWARE****
If you decline or cancel two surgery dates for any reason other than a emergency or illness, your record will be placed in the back and will be reconsidered after all other patients have been cared for.
Our O.R. time is limited and we need to be able to make good use of that time.
