Anyone have problems with tachycardia before surgery and was it a problem?
I had my first seminar today about the surgery. I guess things have changed, requirements, since I tried before. You have to go to at least 2 seminars before you meet with the surgeon one on one. Even though I have been through all of it before, except the surgery, I don't mind too much about going to them because I am going for the sleeve instead of RNY this time. Where I started getting nervous was the paperwork I had to fill out. I have a tachycardia issue and since I didn't meet with the surgeon one on one I couldn't really ask about it, but I'm nervous that it might hold up surgery or keep me from it all together. When I considered surgery before I had the tachycardia and it was no problem, but it's gotten worse the last year or so. It's controlled with meds thankfully. I just don't want to get too hopeful for surgery and then be told I can't get it. Anyone have tachycardia issues?
I had to get cardiac clearance from my EP Cardiologist. They also had to make a medication change 2 months prior to surgery thru 6 weeks following surgery because what I take can not be opened and mixed into anything. I had to be off my current medication a month. Then they switched me to a "carry over medication" for a month that could be crushed after surgery. I was on it until 6 weeks post surgery. Then, I was able to be switched back to my original medication.
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Thank you for the reply. That sounds like what they might have to do for me. I'm on an extended release so I don't think it can be mixed...I could be wrong though. They'd probably just put me back on the regular one. I was on that forever, but the extended release works a bit better. I actually didn't think about medications needing to be crushed and all that after surgery.