Pre-operative instructions
Fasting, which medications to stop and when, the antibacterial shower, what to bring, and arranging your ride home.
Same information as a web page: Before surgery
Every printed sheet this office gives patients, in one place. If you lost the paper copy, it is here.
These are the standard sheets. If the papers you were handed at discharge say something different, follow those, because they were written for your operation. When the two disagree, call the office at 817-759-7065 and let us settle it.
Fasting, which medications to stop and when, the antibacterial shower, what to bring, and arranging your ride home.
Same information as a web page: Before surgery
Recovery after abdominal surgery, whether it was done robotically, laparoscopically, or through a larger incision. Incision care, gas pain, lifting limits, and the call-the-office list.
Same information as a web page: After surgery
Recovery after a cold knife cone of the cervix, including why the brown discharge is normal.
Same information as a web page: Cone biopsy of the cervix
Recovery after dilation and curettage, with or without a Smit sleeve.
Same information as a web page: D&C and Smit sleeve
Recovery after CO2 laser treatment or vaginal biopsies, including the estrogen cream instruction.
Same information as a web page: Vaginal procedures
Daily skin care, the numbing slurry, sitz baths, and the activity limits that run until the area has healed.
Same information as a web page: Vulvar surgery
These are being written. Until they exist, everything they will contain is already on the web page linked beside each one, and the office can walk you through it on the phone.
These sheets were scanned rather than typed, so a screen reader cannot read them aloud. Every one of them has a web version linked above that reads properly on any device. If you use a screen reader, use the web page.