Before Surgery
You may have 2 appointments before the day of your wide local excision and sentinel node biopsy surgery.
- The first appointment is to make sure you are fit and safe for surgery (this is called the pre-anesthesia assessment).
- Some patients also have a sentinel lymph node injection appointment before the day of surgery. Your surgeon's office will confirm if this applies to you. See Getting Ready for Surgery.
Please bring:
- This booklet.
- Your Ontario Health Card and your Sunnybrook card.
- The name and telephone number of your family doctor.
- The names and telephone numbers of any specialists who treat your medical conditions.
- All of your medications in the containers they came in. These include pills, inhalers or puffers, injections, and eye drops. Also bring any herbal medicines or vitamins you take. Staff at the pre-anesthesia clinic will tell you which medications to take on the day of surgery.
