Instructions to Follow Before Operation
- Patients who choose to be sedated may not take a taxi, bus, or drive yourself home following your surgery. Please make sure your escort understands that he/she may not leave the office until you are discharged from recovery, and they need to stay with you a few hours upon arriving at home.
- No food or drink for 6 hours prior to surgery, this includes gum, mints, and candy.
- No contact lenses, nail polish or jewelry.
- Wear a short sleeve shirt and flat shoes (no sandals).
- If you have long hair, do not put it in a ponytail.
- You may brush your teeth, but do not swallow the water.
Special Instructions
- Patients who require antibiotic pre-medication, should take the medication 1 hour prior to the appointment with a small sip of water.
- Patients who take high blood pressure medicines, should take these with a sip of water at your usual time.
- Diabetic patients on oral medicines should not take these the morning of surgery.
- Diabetic patients on insulin should take 1/2 the normal dose of long acting insulin and hold the morning dose of regular insulin the day of surgery.
- Diabetic patients must bring their glucometer and insulin with them.
- Diabetic patient appointments should be scheduled at the beginning of the day.
- Asthmatic patients must bring their inhaler with them.
- Patients with complex medical histories will need to be seen prior to surgery for a consultation to determine specific preoperative instructions.
