PRE-TREATMENT CHECKLIST
Here is a pre-treatment checklist for your appointments after your initial consultation:
• Provide your doctor with a list of medications (including dosages) you use and include herbal or OTC products
• Review your medical history in depth with your doctor, including any surgeries you have had
• Discuss any medical complications you or a family member has had with anesthesia
• Ask for written directions to the facility where your procedure will occur
• Ask for a list of post-operative instructions such as showering after your procedure, elimination of certain medicines, medications you’ll take post-procedure, eating or drinking the night before and day after, list of supplies you may need and support offered by the office post-recovery.
• Provide your doctor’s office with your emergency contact numbers
Here is a week-before-surgery checklist:
• Purchase the supplies you’ll need post-surgery
• Follow instructions as directed by your doctor
• Stop smoking, if applicable
• Procure a driver to and from the procedure
• Fill your post-operative prescriptions, if needed
Here is a night-before checklist:
• Pack the items you’ll need in your bag
• Bring something to hold your eye glasses
• Plan to wear comfortable clothing
• Bring your insurance information, including insurance cards
• Follow directions regarding eating and drinking the night before
Here is a day-of checklist:
• Be sure your office provides you with post-procedure instructions in writing so you can refer to them later
• Plan for someone to stay with you post-procedure if your doctor instructs