Guest guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 > I agree... in regard to a newbie being scared off ... A friend and I facilitate a group in our area for both pre and post ops. Sometime I get chills hearing how little some of the post ops actually knew before they had their surgeries. Very scary. > this is scary for all of us, now that I'm working in a gb surgeons practice and following folks from orientation session to surgery, I do have a little bit of ability to slow the process if I think I can give them more time to learn and research while passing along valuable information, articles, websites, etc. for them to read. I really want my patients to know what to expect post op and at 2yr. down the road. the process happens so quickly when insurance pays, literally can go through the process in about 5wk. and we have two classes they must attend, meet the surgeon pre op, do the psych, dietician, send medical records. its not a skimpy program and yet I'm seeing anxious people moving through in just a few weeks. luckily I get to talk to them several times to assess their knowledge base. I guess the scarier ones are those who had surgery a few years ago when this program was not in place, regardless of how long it took them to move through, some of them are just clueless. I saw a nearly balk lady the other day and she knew she was not getting enough protein, she was far enough post op that it wasn't anesthesia related. for all the lurkers and newbies out there reading please learn as much as you can and don't interpret anything I've said as a slam, I'm really trying to help my patients make informed decisions. sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 You just gotta love spell check! of course this was suppose to say BALD. > I saw a nearly balk lady the other day and she knew she was not getting enough protein, she was far enough post op that it wasn't anesthesia related. > sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 This is so cool. I am on another site where this discussion would not be happening. We would be discussing how wrong some people's opinions are. That totally stinks especially since I often end up on the wrong end of the bashing. I am so glad I can come here and explain comments I have made and not get bashed or slammed or ridiculed. Lori Owen - Denton, Texas SRVG 7/16/01 Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce 479/335/??? On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:24:03 -0400 " Sue Rudnicki " writes: > > > I agree... in regard to a newbie being scared off ... > A friend and I facilitate a group in our area for both pre and post > ops. > Sometime I get chills hearing how little some of the post ops > actually knew > before they had their surgeries. Very scary. > > > > this is scary for all of us, now that I'm working in a gb surgeons > practice > and following folks from orientation session to surgery, I do have a > little > bit of ability to slow the process if I think I can give them more > time to > learn and research while passing along valuable information, > articles, > websites, etc. for them to read. I really want my patients to know > what to > expect post op and at 2yr. down the road. the process happens so > quickly > when insurance pays, literally can go through the process in about > 5wk. and > we have two classes they must attend, meet the surgeon pre op, do > the psych, > dietician, send medical records. its not a skimpy program and yet > I'm seeing > anxious people moving through in just a few weeks. luckily I get to > talk to > them several times to assess their knowledge base. > I guess the scarier ones are those who had surgery a few years ago > when this > program was not in place, regardless of how long it took them to > move > through, some of them are just clueless. I saw a nearly balk lady > the other > day and she knew she was not getting enough protein, she was far > enough post > op that it wasn't anesthesia related. > > for all the lurkers and newbies out there reading please learn as > much as > you can and don't interpret anything I've said as a slam, I'm really > trying > to help my patients make informed decisions. > sue > > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Lori I'm with your. I'm so glad with this group that we can each have or own opinions yet still be friends and be able to discuss them. That's what makes a good support group. Everyone hang it there and thank you for allowing me to voice my opinion. Sharon in AR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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