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nuxvomica

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17. I just needed an EKG for mine

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2025, 08:58 AM

Feb 2025

The nurse did it in 10 minutes in the doctor's office. I also need one before a colonoscopy. It's because both procedures require sedation so its not the surgeon requiring it so much as the anesthesiologist. When I had three urgent laser surgeries for a retinal tear, I didn't need the EKG because there was no sedation. That reminds me, I need to have the usual cleanup surgery for the scarring from the cataract surgery, which I had back in 2020. That will not require an EKG because it will not involve sedation.

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Question about cataract surgery [View all] KS Toronado Feb 2025 OP

Yes, it was standard for both me and Hubby (which by the way, we had them done in different states). Marie Marie Feb 2025 #1

I didn't need one montanacowboy Feb 2025 #2

Mine required a physical clearance as well as an additional cardiac clearance. dhol82 Feb 2025 #3

Mine didn't require a physical. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2025 #4

my sister just had hers done stillcool Feb 2025 #5

Mine required a clearance from my primary physician, as well as an EKG. rsdsharp Feb 2025 #6

My dad had to have one and it was discovered that he had Tanuki Feb 2025 #7

I had a complete physical for each eye. murielm99 Feb 2025 #8

A physical and specific clearances were never even mentioned by the cattle Karadeniz Feb 2025 #9

my guy wantedt a note from my primary dr rampartd Feb 2025 #10

Yes. Basso8vb Feb 2025 #11

I had it done back in December and didnt require a physical. CentralMass Feb 2025 #12

Same here, worked out great. I can see so much better out of the eye already done. multigraincracker Feb 2025 #13

Neither myself nor my husband required it. Nululu Feb 2025 #14

I didn't need a full physical, just had to see my primary provider for a health clearance. ShazzieB Feb 2025 #15

do it. my grandma had a stroke during hers. never got home. nursing home for years. pansypoo53219 Feb 2025 #16

I just needed an EKG for mine nuxvomica Feb 2025 #17