Talked with a surgeon today - nightmare!!! Help!
From: Jill (jillhumb@crosswinds.net)
Thu Aug 30 16:01:10 2001
It's been a year now since my hyst, and I've completed numerous tests to
try and figure out my strange pain in my right side. My GI doctor , who
I really like, does feel adhesions are definitely at play, and she
referred me to a laparascopic surgeon, who I saw today.
I was first put off when the first thing he said was , "So why are you
here, anyway?" - uggh!!! He read my chart, and did a history with me,
then wanted to know why I didn't have any liver scans done, and said we
should do one. I told him when and where I get my pain, and he said,
"well, for someone in pain, you look pretty good". another uggh.
He then led me to his scheduler, who ignored me for several minutes,
then loudly stated "did you have a day in mind, or do you want the next
available? " I didn't understand, and said "what?" she nastily repeated
herself . . . I said "for what?" she said "for surgery, of course!" I
told her I thought we were just scheduling an ultrasound, and she said
the doctor's chart said that I had agreed to surgery! She then said" you
were in the treatment room with him, didn't you listen at all?"
Needless to say, I burst into tears at this point, and left immediately.
I'm sorry to vent on all of you - but now what do I do? I've heard he is
a good surgeon, but I refuse to be treated that way by anyone in the
medical profession!
Another odd thing he said that scared me was "If I do surgery, and your
gall bladder doesn't look right, I'll just take it out, even though your
tests are normal"
Please helP!
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Jill Humbert
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Jill
marchumb@msn.com
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