Re: Re:Back Pain post-op and Nurse callbacks

[Guest guest]

Dear Jill: Your DOCTOR needs to be made aware of the

way in which HIS patients are being treated!! Until

patients start complaining directly to the doctor,

nothing will be done..... ignoring a post=op patient

is unfogiveable!

Caroline

--- Jill in NY jkhcc2000@...> wrote:

> Hi Ellen:

> I will try again to call Dr. Gagners offie. I have

> my

> appt with herron next week too. Once i did call 3 x

> in

> one day and demanded to have Ivonne paged and she

> yelled at me and told me that protocol was for me to

> leave one mesaage and she'd call back and that

> post-ops were her first priority. Well, it was 3

> days

> later that I left my next message at 6am and no

> call,

> then again at 12pm, this was friday. then i called

> again on Monday (yesterday). Well, I guess this

> post-op is not her priority because I have not heard

> back. I even asked to make sure she was not on

> vacation. She's not. I LOVE all the surgeons, they

> are

> the best, but as for the nurses, hmmmmmm.

>

> Anyway, I started taking advil for my back which

> seems

> to help a bit. I am also wondering about one

> incision

> that is still leaking fluid. i have to change the

> dressing 4x a day. I hope this is normal 12 days

> post

> op.

>

> Thanks

>

> JILL K in NY

>

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