dawn wrote:
> HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU'VE BEEN IN PAIN FOR 15 MONTHS HAVE A
> LAPAROTOMY SCHEDULED FOR 4/5 HAVE THE MD CANCELL IT ON 4/4 AT 2PM AND BE
> LEFT TO JUST DEAL WITH EVERYTHING ALONE. I AM AT MY WITS END RIGHT NOW
> I'M SO TICKED OFF I COULD SCREAM AND DO MASSIVE ACTS OF VIOLENCE. I
> HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE 4/10 FOR MY GYN APPOINTMENT, BECAUSE ONCE THE
> LAPAROTOMY WAS CANCELLED BY THE MD'S CONVENIENTLY THEY HAVEN'T HAD AN
> AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT UNTIL 5/22. I HAVE BEEN HAVING BREAK THROUGH
> BLEEDING(SPOTTING FOR 5 WEEKS SINCE 4/10. I CALLED LAST WEEK AND WAS
> ABLE TO MOVE THE APPOINTMENT UP BECAUSE I ACTUALLY STARTED TO BLEED AND
> I GET A CALL TELLING ME THAT BY MISTAKE THE TIME SLOT WAS DOUBLE BOOKED
> SO I'D HAVE TO RESCHEDULE, NEXT APPOINTMENT AVAILABLE JUNE 1. I ASKED
> IF I COULD HAVE MY 5/22 SPOT BACK AND WAS TOLD THEY ALREADY RESCHEDULE
> THAT TIME SLOT.
> iT SEEMS TO BE THAT ON MY FIRST VISIT TO THAT PRACTICE I SAW DR W. WHO
> IS ONE OF THOSE I'M THE DOCTOR YOUR THE PATIENT TYPE OF PEOPLE, ON MY
> SECOND VISIT I SAW DR M. WHO IS ONE OF THOSE PATIENTS ARE MEMBERS OF
> THE TEAM. I DON'T WANT DR W I WANT TO SEE DR M. IT WAS DR M WHO HAD
> THE LAPAROTOMY SCHEDULED, CANCELLED BY DR W WHO TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO
> HAVE A LAPAROSCOPY OR NOTHING. I WAS TOLD AFTER THE FACT BY DR M THAT
> HE CAN'T GO AGAINST HIS PARTNERS OPINION. WELL THEN MAYBE HE SHOULD
> HAVE HAD EVERYTHING VERIFIED BEFORE I WENT AND HAD ALL THE PRE OP LABS
> DONE. I VERIFIED 3 TIMES WITH THE OFFICE OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE DONE,
> ONCE WHEN I SIGNED THE CONSENT FORM, ONCE AFTER I HAD THE LAB WORK DONE
> BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL HAD IT DOWN FOR LAPAROSCOPY AND ONCE AFTER I SPOKE
> WITH ANESTHESIOLOGY BECAUSE THEY TOO HAD IT DOWN AS A SCOPE. WHY WASN'T
> THIS ATTENDED TOO 10 DAYS BEFORE WHEN I KEPT CALLING AND VERIFYING?
> WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO PROFESSIONALISM? WHAT HAPPENED TO TAKING CARE OF
> PATIENTS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY?, IT SHOULD BE NOTED FOR THE
> RECORD THAT DR W IS A WOMAN AND DR M IS A MAN. I DON'T THINK THAT
> EITHER OF THEM ARE AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO ME. I
> HAVE FINALLY FOUND A MALE MD WHO I FEEL ALMOST COMFORTABLE WITH AND NOW
> IM BEING TOLD TOO BAD. WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY THINKING? CERTAINLY NOT
> ABOUT ME THAT'S FOR SURE.
> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT DR W IS JUST THINKING ABOUT A PELVIS FORGETING THAT
> THERE IS ABOUT 175LB OF PERSON ATTACHED TO IT, WITH A VERY FRAGILE
> EMOTIONAL STATE RIGHT NOW.
> HAVE NO FEAR MY INSURANCE BOOK IS OPENED AGAIN IN SEARCH OF YET ANOTHER
> MD. I HAVE ALSO MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL GI MD WHO IS ABOUT AS
> KIND AS YOU CAN GET, HOPEFULLY HE CAN OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS.
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