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Well, I did it. I called Pacificare today and told them I don't like my PCP,

and they gave me a new one. He's only 1 mile from my house. I see him

Friday. I may not like him, but it's progress....I still see the surgeon on

Thursday.

Jac

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Well, I saw the surgeon today. He was a real devils advocate against

surgery, but invited me to plead my case. Believe it or not, I liked that.

He's not in favor of arbitrary surgery or revisions. So, we sat down, and

went over everything I had to tell him, and the reports from my original

surgery. Then he pointed out the risks to me, adhesions, complications, etc.

I showed him the picture I had from the other surgeon, then he drew one for

me, and the ultimate conclusion is that I do need surgery, I am a good

candidate, and he's willing to do it. He wants to go over the test results

that the GI has, do an ultra scan on my gall bladder (I asked him to take

that out too, while he's in there), and then schedule me for surgery. I

think, for a change, the real deciding factor for him was that I HAD done my

homework, and I had an idea about what I was talking about. And I asked HIM,

" Do YOU want to spend the rest of your life throwing up every day, and have

YOU lost all your teeth because of what you've already gone through? " I told

him, " I'm 47 years old. I took control of my medical heath 21 years ago,

then let it fall by the wayside. I'm RETAKING CONTROL. I want more than

another 21 years, and I don't want to spend it hugging a toilet. " He smiled

and shook my hand.

On the HMO (downside) of this, when I got to his office today, I was

informed that the doctor couldn't see me, because the GI, and not my PCP had

referred me. ARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH! I just changed PCP on Monday, and see him

tomorrow for the first time. The nurse made some phone calls, and he saw me

anyway, and she told me that it shouldn't make a difference that I changed

PCP in the middle of the trip. We'll see. I finally put my boxing gloves

back on. You have to remember that I retired from the PD nearly 6 years ago,

and haven't wanted to fight my way out of a paper back since then. I'm back

in fighting shape now.

Jac

Life is not a spectator sport

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