Guest guest Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Kris, I found Dr Lehman to be excellent. My GI kept cancelling my appointments, and I was in hospital more than I was at home. My parents had flown all the way from Australia to look after my child and me whilst my husband had to go to work. They were on a time limit as was I, so I went over my GI and sought a second opinion from a GI in Nashville. They the made some calls, and usually there was a 6 week wait to get in to see Dr Lehman, but because of my story, Dr Lehman " squeezed " me in to do an ERCP within a weeks time. I didn't have a true initial consultation with him, because he was so booked up. I saw his nurse practitioner who was excellent, and available to me whenever I called. She took down everything and relayed it back to him. Then I was taken into the OR and I was worried that I wouldn't get the chance to tell Dr Lehman something that i thought important, so the staff kept me awake until he came in. His squeezing me caused a serious delay in his schedule because my 45 minute procedure turned out to be 3 hours long. My pancreatic duct was under so much pressure from scar tissue and other obstructions due to a previous surgery. I saw him for a couple of minutes when I came to, then got admitted as I had an attack within 1/2 hour of wakening. I didn't see Dr Lehman again, as he had to leave for a conference. My procedure had put him behind. When I got home, a week later, I started having problems again, and upon calling his nurse practitioner, I was surprised when she put me through to him, and I got to speak directly to him over the phone...Basically, he told me that if I ever needed to come back to Indiana for treatment, he would be happy to treat me again, but more than one visit would be required (needed multiple stent placements to keep my duct open). If it was easy for me to get there, I would have, but I finally got temporarily fixed by another GI at MD when I was there about something else, and happened to have another attack which hospitalized me.. All in all, I definitely approve of Dr Lehman, and would deal with him again if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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