Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 At 2:17 PM -0700 8/29/01, Judie Hensel wrote: >Shirley, >I believe Joy did consent to letting the other doc do it.....I think Welker >told her what happened and asked her if she wanted to go ahead with it..... > In my case, I crossed out permissions for any other surgeon to operate and initialed in the margin. I designated that only Dr. Elariny had my consent to operate on me. --Steve -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 > That > left me with Deveney. I liked him but now feel like he isn't really > into his patients. Dr. Deveney only came and saw me ONCE while I was in the hospital recouperating from my operation and it was LITERALLY for less than one minute. He walked quickly into the room wearing OR scrubs (including the little hat and mask hanging down around his neck), said, " How are you doing today? " I replied, " OK, I guess " . And he said, " Good. " and he left the room - that's the last I saw of him until my 3-week followup. I didn't think that much about it at the time because I didn't think he had been my surgeon. Now that I know he was my surgeon, I'm aghast that that was the extent of his concern after my surgery. My opinion of this guy was never great, and it just keeps getting worse. -Sherry (Lake Marcel, WA) BPD/DS Feb. 2, 2001 self-pay 5'5 " / 304 pounds / 34 years old Lost 9 pounds in pre-op weight loss efforts Have lost 107 pounds since surgery! Total of 116 pounds gone forEVER! http://www.fluffynet.com/wls/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 Sherry, who was supposed to be y our origional surgeon? Judie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 Judie- Dr. Welker is the surgeon I chose - Dr. Clifford Deveney is the surgeon I got. -Sherry (Lake Marcel, WA) BPD/DS Feb. 2, 2001 self-pay 5'5 " / 304 pounds / 34 years old Lost 9 pounds in pre-op weight loss efforts Have lost 107 pounds since surgery! Total of 116 pounds gone forEVER! http://www.fluffynet.com/wls/ > Sherry, > who was supposed to be y our origional surgeon? > > Judie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 In a message dated 8/30/01 1:18:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, alyssaj@... writes: > Hmmm...what if you had some sort of complication and Dr. E needed a > specialist in that field to step in immediately? > > Just wondering.. > > alyssa > That's my question too..What if some sort of emergengy happened, and the surgeon needed an extra set of hands quickly...would they not be able to help? Robyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 At 10:15 PM -0700 8/29/01, Alyssa wrote: >... > >> In my case, I crossed out permissions for any other surgeon to >> operate and initialed in the margin. I designated that only Dr. >> Elariny had my consent to operate on me. --Steve > >Hmmm...what if you had some sort of complication and Dr. E needed a >specialist in that field to step in immediately? > My guess is that life-threatening situations override such restrictions. --S -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 Sherry, Do you have a copy of your surgical report? In there it can give you a very good idea of who did what...... Judie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 I do believe, at least in American hospitals, that unless you have a living will that the hospital has agreed to abide by (and maybe not even then), they cannot just let you die in a hospital, regardless of any other contract or spoken wish. If an emergency arises, they have to do anything and everything possible to save your life and you can complain about it later. If an emergency arises and your designated surgeon needs assistance, then he/she can (and darn well better) ask for assistance. maria > In a message dated 8/30/01 1:18:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > alyssaj@m... writes: > > > > Hmmm...what if you had some sort of complication and Dr. E needed a > > specialist in that field to step in immediately? > > > > Just wondering.. > > > > alyssa > > > > That's my question too..What if some sort of emergengy happened, and the > surgeon needed an extra set of hands quickly...would they not be able to > help? Robyn > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 I do have a copy but unfortunately it is very incomplete. Dr. Welker is listed partway between " surgeon " and " assistant " and Cliff Deveney is listed as surgeon. The report is so incomplete that, when asked, Deveney could not tell me how long my aliminery limb is and when a nurse who has HAD the duodenal switch looked at it, she could not tell how long they made my common channel - she said it was missing some important stuff. -Sherry (Lake Marcel, WA) BPD/DS Feb. 2, 2001 self-pay 5'5 " / 304 pounds / 34 years old Lost 9 pounds in pre-op weight loss efforts Have lost 107 pounds since surgery! Total of 116 pounds gone forEVER! http://www.fluffynet.com/wls/ > Sherry, > Do you have a copy of your surgical report? In there it can give you a very > good idea of who did what...... > > Judie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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