Re: Flo's Post re: Wundedbird

[Guest guest]

It is true that I am a former patient of Dr. Rutledge and it is true

that 8 weeks after surgery I became concerned about my lack of weight

loss. No one wants to be a member of that small group of post ops

who's surgery isn't as successful as everyone else. It's a risk that

everyone takes when they choose any WLS and I do not place the blame

on Dr. Rutledge.

On the other hand, I now have severe bile reflux because of the

surgery. A complication associated with this form of WLS. It is a

condition that is both extremely uncomfortable and worrisome. The

course of treatment (medications) has not yet proved to alleviate any

of the symptoms. I am still losing weight but at what cost to my

health?

Flo states the following:

" Beth certainly has a right to her feelings. She perceives she was

treated badly. I wasn't there. I didn't see or hear what happened or

has taken place. I can simply go by what the vast majority of Dr. R's

patients say and by what my own experience has been. "

This is not exactly true. No one can claim they have heard from " the

vast majority " . They can only state they have heard from those

members who post or email them privately. There are more than 900

people who have had this surgery and it's clear that the majority

don't post. Also not included in those numbers are the people who went

to clinic and elected not to have the surgery for whatever reason.

" I have a feeling there is a Dr. Rutledge and his staff side of the

story which as someone else pointed out, he cannot discuss due to

confidentiality. Perception is a major player here. "

I would happily release Dr. Rutledge from his confidentiality clause

if he would like to address my issues. I have never claimed that my

experience with him or his staff was anything more than MY

experience. I have tried to be as honest and as open as I can

possibly be and stated all the facts as they pertained to me.

There have been others who have shared similar experiences with

regards to his staff, his responses to their emails, his vague

replies to questions and all have been subjected to attack by some

members of the groups. I fully understand their unwillingness to share

these thoughts and I appreciate their private support.

For those who are members of the MGB Truth list I ask that you go to

the list and read messages #1955 and #1959. In these messages I share

a weeks worth of dialogue between myself and Dr. Rutledge. I think it

does a fair job of representing why I have the " perception " that I

have in regards to this man.

Beth

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Beth is a former patient of Dr. Rutledge's. did not write this

post, it came from Beth. Beth has been disappointed in Dr. Rutledge

and in her surgical result. You can't make everyone happy in every

instance and this is an example of someone who is not happy. It

happens.

Dr. Rutledge has nearly 1,000 post-op patients and probably as many

pre-ops. It would be unusual to say the least if every patient pre

and

post op were happy.

Beth's experience and mine have been diabolically opposite. I was

treated kindly and courteously. I read the instructions on the

clos.net site; I followed the instructions to have the surgery and

what the web site said would happen did happen. I don't know how your

doctor's office is but when I call to get an appointment, I don't get

one for weeks. The staff does not act like they are happy that I've

called, and I have gotten conflicting information from them before

too. I've been treated wonderfully and I've been treated down right

snotty.

Beth certainly has a right to her feelings. She perceives she was

treated badly. I wasn't there. I didn't see or hear what happened or

has taken place. I can simply go by what the vast majority of Dr. R's

patients say and by what my own experience has been.

I have a feeling there is a Dr. Rutledge and his staff side of the

story which as someone else pointed out, he cannot discuss due to

confidentiality. Perception is a major player here. I was a

newspaper

reporter for 14 years many years ago (ok, I'm old, I know that and

you

know that). There was another newpaper in town. When our story came

out and then I read the story of the same event in the other paper,

it

made me wonder if the other reporter and I were covering the same

event. This is just someone's perception of how they were treated.

Let's not minimize that Beth feels this way. We all are entitled to

have feelings. Feelings are not right or wrong. They're just

feelings.

The overwhelming majority of Dr. Rutled