Mandated Testing prior to surgical procedures since anesthesia is dangerous enough without the risk of unknowns. It is par for the course.

Further, illness which could compromise the surgical work would be detected by most such testing; another reason for its conclusion BEFORE you set foot into check-in. Seems you should be requiring attention and answers to questions before you hop in the car for the ride to surgery.

One time I was exempted from the testing, and because it was a surgery occurring within 30 days of the next most previous surgery I experienced. The two surgeries were close enough in time, even the med center felt it was not necessary to "put me through more."

One who has lived the torturous path,
And CARES,
while prayin,
Mark56