I am in shock

[Guest guest]

Ok, my new Family Practice Doc said something to me today that blew my socks

OFF! He said, Doctors are NOT good listeners, even though we tell everyone

we are and we want to be. I just put him up a peg on my opinion board. The

more I get to know him and the more he gets to know me...the better things

are. I was complaining that the Plastic Surgeon I was sent to didn't want to

listen to me. That is when he popped me with that comment. Then wrote me a

kick ass referral for a second opinion on reconstructive surgery! He agreed

with me that in MY case it was a medical necessity, not just vanity. AND he

was impressed that I had kept off the weight for 4 years.

He said he gets so many patients in who want this surgery, but haven't tried

losing the weight any other way. He said he gets told...well, I think about

losing weight, I dream about it, but they don't exercise or try adjusting

their food. I told him that this surgery wasn't a sure FIX...that it was

something that was a continual battle and that people need to know this. LOL

But like Docs..they don't listen. He is just concerned that people are

looking for a fast fix. And like most Docs that I get in the Navy he knows

nothing about Bariatric surgery. So, I am teaching him. He still balks at my

vit B-12 shots...wants to know why I want to do it that way. Told him I had

done sublingual and while my B-12 was in the " low normal " range...that

wasn't good enough for me..that I wasn't feeling well at that range. I told

him I wanted to try to get it up close to the high normal range. That it

seems to help. So, he shut up and got me some supplies for my shots...like

syringes, needles and a container to put it all in. It was a good day!!!!

Debbie in Gig Harbor (170cm medial)

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