Before the Procedure:

Food and Liquid Intake:

• ALL PATIENTS – nothing to eat or drink after midnight (the night prior to procedure). This includes candy, gum, and lozenges.

Medications:

Regular medications may be taken as usual with sips of water at least 2 hours prior to your arrival time, with the following exceptions:

• Diabetic patients should not take their diabetes medications the morning of their procedure. Please bring your glucometer on the morning of your procedure.

• Patients taking diuretics should not take their medication the morning of their procedure.

• Patients taking blood-thinning medications should ask their surgeon for instructions.

• Patients who have asthma should bring their emergency inhalers with them.

• Patients taking blood pressure medication should take their medications the morning of the procedure.

Alcohol and Tobacco:

• No alcoholic beverages 24 hours prior to your procedure.

• Do not smoke the day of your procedure.


Other Important Information:

• You must have a responsible adult drive you home after your procedure. Your
procedure will be cancelled if you do not have a driver and you will be charged
the retainer fee. You may not leave in a taxi unless accompanied by an adult
other than the taxi driver.

• We strongly recommend that you have someone stay with you for the first 24 hours following your procedure.

• Parents/legal guardians of patients must stay in the building until the patient is discharged.

• Do not wear/bring jewelry or other valuables with you. Wear loose clothing.

• Do not wear mascara or nail polish.

• Wear glasses instead of contact lenses.