THE DAY OF YOUR APPOINTMENT
*** IMPORTANT ***
Recommandations
-
Fasting for 3 hrs prior to your appointment.
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No alcohol or street drugs prior to the intervention.
-
Cocaine: careful! for
serious medical reasons (risk of complication), stop taking heavy drugs
(cocaine) 48 hrs before your appointment.
- No
aspirin 3 days before and one week after.
- Because of the medication you will receive, you must have someone
accompanying you back home. But this person will not be allowed in the
intervention room, nor in the recovery room.
-
You cannot drive a car or sign any legal documents for 12 hrs after your
intervention.
- Expect to be at the Clinic for approximately 2 hours.
- Plan for one day off, if you are working. You can
probably resume your normal activities two days
later.
Bring with you : -
medical insurance card
or
temporary attestation (without it, you will have to pay for the cost of the
procedure)
-
comfortable clothes, skirt or pants, with a T-shirt or short sleeves topd
-
sanitary pad and underwear suitable for holding a sanitary pad following
the intervention, (no g-string)
- if
you have asthma: bring your medication (pumps)
-
if possible, a donation to the Clinic (cash, Visa or Interac).
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