Charging for answering a question???!!!

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and people were making fun of richard simmons for coming across as

money-grubbing?

ok, maybe i need to officially be moved to grumpy status. (as

apparently, more and more post-ops are. i am almost starting to

wonder if that is the goal of all of this stuff...)

the link isn't working, so maybe this was just a misguided thought

that has smartly been nipped in the bud. if not, i must say i am

appalled. yes, i am sure dr. r has thousands of e-mails. he already

just ignores most of them, and, i presume, answers the ones that he

deems really important. i have e-mailed dr. r a couple of times;

gotten answers about half, and never more than a few words.

altogether, they weren't worth $10, and in no way approximated an

office visit.

while most people do not have contact with their surgeons after

surgery, most WLS patients do. from what i have seen on

obesityhelp.com, most reputable surgeons REQUIRE a series of post-op

visits, often included in the price of the original surgery.

dr. r has always said that he has the e-mail contact instead of that,

but touted it as faster, easier, etc.

it has been amazing to me that since all of this hoopla began dr.

r has almost seemed like he had an anti-PR person working for him,

making move after move that makes him look worse and makes it harder

to be supportive. this only adds to that.

i think dr. r would make much better use of the time he has on his

hands right now beginning the real, scientific, peer-reviewed

assessments of the mgb that are so clearly needed.

sign me sad, disappointed, and to be honest, somewhat embarrassed

that i made this choice,

anna