Category: Patient Information
Patient Forms
Forms can be completed online through the patient portal or you can print them from our website and bring them with you to your appointment.
Useful Links
Useful Links
Further information can be found on the following web sites. Always remember that all information may be subject to some bias; please ask us if you have any queries.
- Nature’s Pharmaceuticals, Inc
- www.foodmd.com
- Fertility Friend
- fertilityfriend.com
- Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Women
- blog.memorialhermann.org/pregnant-getting-flu-vaccine-important-health-babys
- Breastfeeding.com
- www.breastfeeding.com
- Medela.com
- www.medela.com
- American College of Surgeons
- www.facs.org
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine
- www.asrm.org
- IVF Houston
- www.ivfhouston.com
- Medscape Women’s Health
- womenshealth.medscape.com
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- www.acog.com
This official website of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists provides a physician directory, health columns, post-graduate courses and much more.
- American Heart Association
- women.americanheart.org
The American Heart Association Women’s website gives women of all ages the facts on women’s heart disease and stroke.
- American Medical Association
- www.ama-assn.org
The official website of the American Medical Association.
- American Psychological Association
- www.apa.org
The official website of the American Psychological Association.
- Fannin Surgicare
- www.fanninsurgicare.com
Surgery center.
- Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
- www.mayohealth.org
This online information source has an extensive women’s health section.
- National Institutes of Health
- www.nih.gov
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- www.nof.org
The National Osteoporosis Foundation is a leading resource for up-to-date, medically sound information on the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of osteoporosis.
- National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
- www.ovarian.org
The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition seeks to raise awareness and promote education about ovarian cancer.
- The New York Times Women’s Health
- www.nytimes.com/health
Extensive women’s health information is offered, including statistics, a searchable database of information on women’s topics, and an online bookstore.
- The North American Menopause Society
- www.menopause.org/
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is a nonprofit organization that provides a forum for a multitude of scientific disciplines with an interest in the human female menopause.
- Online resources for diabetes
- www.mendosa.com/faq.htm
This Web page provides a large collection of links to diabetic resources.
Additional Useful Tools
Your Custom Hereditary Cancer Quiz www.hereditarycancerquiz.com/drtharappe
Hereditary Cancer Quiz Implementation Guide www.s3.amazonaws.com/myriad-library/FHT/
Your Custom Family History Tool https://fht.myriad.com/drtharappe
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Preparing for Surgery & Procedures
Preparing for Surgery
Once you and your surgeon decide that surgery will help you, you’ll need to learn what preparing mentally and physically for surgery entails. Understanding the process and your role in it will help you recover more quickly and have fewer problems.
Working with Your Doctor
Before surgery, your surgeon will give you a complete physical examination to make sure you don’t have any conditions that could interfere with the surgery or its outcome. Routine tests, such as blood tests and X-rays, are usually performed a week before the surgery.
Discuss any medications you are taking with your doctor and your family physician to see which ones you should stop taking before surgery.
Discuss with your doctor options for preparing for potential blood replacement, including donating your own blood, medical interventions and other treatments, prior to surgery.
If you are overweight, losing weight is advisable. However, you should not diet during the month before your surgery.
If you are taking aspirin or anti-inflammatory medications, you will need to stop taking them one week before surgery to minimize bleeding.
If you smoke, you should stop or cut down to reduce your surgery risks and improve your recovery.
Have any tooth, gum, bladder or bowel problems treated before surgery to reduce the risk of infection later.
Eat a well-balanced diet, supplemented by a daily multivitamin with iron.
Report any infections to your doctor. Surgery cannot be performed until all infections have cleared up.
Home Planning
Arrange for someone to help out with everyday tasks like cooking, shopping and laundry.
Put items that you use often within easy reach before surgery so you won’t have to reach and bend as often.
Remove all loose carpets and tape down electrical cords to avoid falls.
Make sure you have a stable chair with a firm seat cushion, a firm back and two arms.
Preparing for Procedure
If you are having Day Surgery, remember the following:
Have someone available to take you home, you will not be able to drive for at least 24 hours.
Do not drink or eat anything in the car on the trip home.
The combination of anesthesia, food, and car motion can quite often cause nausea or vomiting. After arriving home, wait until you are hungry before trying to eat. Begin with a light meal and try to avoid greasy food for the first 24 hours.
Take your pain medicine as directed. Begin the pain medicine as you start getting uncomfortable, but before you are in severe pain. If you wait to take your pain medication until the pain is severe, you will have more difficulty controlling the pain.