Rude email to Dr. patterson

June 16, 2001

The person that emailed Dr. and then

detailed their correspondence on this list said, in

part:

"

" Mr Planz,

I treat all of my patients the same, celebrities or

not. No one, not even the highly educated, extremely

motivated DS patient, gets special treatment. "

Really? That's hard believe. So you would give the

president of the United States or one of your

colleagues the benefit of your expertise if he did not

wish to go through all the hoops? The

psychology tests, the retests, the follow-up tests,

the boring and expensive interview with the dietitian,

and so on. This sort of adamantine conviction on your

part deserves recognition. Still, it does sound a

trifle over-the-edge... "

I guess I have to say that this only confirms what a

caring and decent doctor Emma is. I've NEVER

been able to have any kind of a conversation via email

with other docs like we do with our bariatric

professionals. I consider it amazing.

I would have either not answered this person at all or

answered with a form reply stating that they weren't

taking his case. She was too kind to reply personally,

IMHO. I bet this person never says IMHO, BTW, because

he apparently doesn't have any humble in him. Yes,

perhaps another surgeon won't require anything of you,

and just give you your surgery and make you thin. Too

bad they can't also operate on some other things, huh.

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Becki, near Portland, OR

BMI 50-ish, age 42

pre-op DS. hoping to get approval

through Aetna Traditional Choice

(fighting 'investigational' denial)

Consulted with Dr. on 3-13-01

psych ok, nutrition ok, beckeye_58@...

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