Preparing for Your Procedure

Complete any required testing or clearances and review your medication and supplement list with our team. Some medications need to be adjusted, held, or continued exactly as written.

Never stop a prescribed medication on your own. Ask, and get the answer in writing where it matters.

GLP-1 medications deserve a specific note. These medications slow stomach emptying, which can raise aspiration risk under anesthesia. Management is individualized and coordinated directly with anesthesia.

• Confirm the date, the facility, and the arrival time
• Arrange your ride and your time away from work

Set up your home so recovery is easy. Stock the foods your staged diet calls for, put what you need at waist height, and make sure someone can check on you. Fill any prescriptions you have been given.

If you use a CPAP machine, plan to bring it. If you smoke, this is the moment to stop, because it directly affects healing.

Fasting instructions are given by the facility and they are not flexible. Eating or drinking outside those instructions can cause the procedure to be postponed.

Leave jewelry and valuables at home. Wear something loose. Bring your identification, your insurance card if you have one, and your medication list.

Anything involving sedation or anesthesia means you cannot drive yourself home, and rideshare alone is usually not accepted. Someone needs to be responsible for you.

Arrange that early. It is the most common reason a procedure has to be rescheduled.

This page is general education. Your instructions come from our team and from the facility, and those instructions take priority over anything written here.