FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Sep 12, 2012

I got a call from the pre-op psychiatrist (Dr. Hazelton) today. I'm so frustrated with him, I want to drive to Greenville just to kick him in the balls.

During my psych eval last week, he asked me about my experience with Ambien. When a person takes Ambien, they will sometimes do things in their sleep, having no recollection of it the next day. He asked if I've ever had that happen with me. I told him that when I first started taking Ambien, I had a few episodes where I'd eat stuff in my sleep, not even realizing that I'd have eaten anything until the next day. I made sure to inform him that as my body acclimated to the drug, I stopped having those episodes. It hasn't happened in THREE YEARS!

He can't seem to understand that I haven't had it happen in three years. Not only have I not done it in three years, but I also am not taking the same dosage. I started out at 12.5MG, and I've been able to bump down to 5MG. He said he wants to hear from my regular psychiatrist (Dr. Johnson) and my regular therapist (Kris) before he'll release my information to my surgeon (Dr. Chapman).

I had an appointment with Dr. Johnson yesterday and I told her what Dr. Hazelton had said and expressed my frustration that he wasn't listening to me during the psych eval. She said she believes I'm exactly where I need to be and that there hasn't been any reports of me doing anything in my sleep in 3 years, so she doesn't understand why he's so concerned about it. My appointment with Kris is next Thursday. I had planned to tell her the exact same thing. Dr. Hazelton called me this morning to put a great big rain cloud on my day.

He said he's still concerned over me sleep eating. I was like, "I'm not understanding why you're so concerned over something that happened THREE YEARS AGO!" He said that he doesn't want me to do that after having the surgery. Well, if it hasn't happened in three years, why do you think it would suddenly start happening now?! He said he wants me to see Kris THREE times before he'll release my information. He wants it to be THREE MONTHS before he'll release my information. THREE FUCKING MONTHS!

Keep in mind that I'm currently smack dab in the middle of my sixth month of the sixth month process, so I should be seeing Dr. Chapman at the end of this month to have my case presented to my insurance at the beginning of October. According to Dr. Hazelton, he won't release my case until December which means I'm gonna be sitting in limbo until he does. Asshole.

He also wants me to express in detail exactly what I plan to do to keep from sleep eating. Oh, I don't know. Maybe I'll just DO WHAT THE FUCK I'M ALREADY DOING!!! I'm so upset right now.

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