re: Newbies

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Sue:

Wish my surgeon would have had a post-op patient in his office speaking

with the pre-ops. The woman in his office who you had to go through for

scheduling appts, surgery, etc. was so thin, she looked anorexic. We got

along fine though, but did not understand what we were going through and

one day she just blurted out to me after she got off an exasperating

phone call with a nervous patient, " these people have been fat their

entire adulthood, can't they just wait another few weeks with

patience? " . I just shrugged my shoulders and left soon after. Your

patients are lucky to have you. Keep supporting them and educating them.

They need someone who has " been there " to guide them.

I did much research prior to the surgery partly because I wanted to and

partly because I wasn't getting any answers to my questions from the

surgeons office. When I had my revision, all they told me was it had to

be done and to sign this consent form stating that there is relatively

not much known about revisions and that there is a very real possibility

that I could lose my spleen, more of my stomach or intestines or death

could occur. I know the death thing is pretty standard stuff, but it was

disconcerting signing a consent where they were basically saying they

didn't know what the hell they were doing or what to expect. I was

flabbergasted at this, but needed the surgery, I was so sick and

bleeding internally. So I guess all this crap I'm going through now is

cake compared to what may have occurred. : )

Keep up the good work.

Regina