Pre Surgery - Pre Surgery Testing

Prior to surgery itself I had to provide the following diagnostic information:-

• Cardiac consent (This necessitated a EKG and in my case an echo cardiogram - due to prior heart surgery)
• PCP (Primary Care Physician - my family doctor) consent (This included a physical exam and some blood work)
• Neuro surgical consent (This necessitated a visit with one of Dr V's assistants, running through a series of tests and signing a surgical consent form)
  
• Pre Surgery testing (This included visiting the Pre Surgery department of the hosptial I was having surgery at - BCH (Boulder Community Hospital) - and having some extra blood work done, an additional chest x-ray and a "walk through" of what would happen on the day of surgery, including what I would need to do the day before surgery)

The cardiac consent, EKG and echo cardiogram were faxed to the Pre-Surgery department, as was the PCP consent letter and the blood results.

Below is an MRI scan of my back, prior to surgery. I've added some comments to it:-

(MRI courtesy of Boulder Community Hospital)