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Gulf Coast Medical Center
" THE NURSES SEEMED LIKE THEY WANTED TO PUT ME OFF TO THE NEXT SHIFT.i WOULD ASK FOR HELP GETTING OUT OF BED SO THAT i COULD WALK AND IT WAS ALWAYS.. WE'LL LETS WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT SHIFT GETS HERE..FINALLY i SAID..iF YOU HELP ME OUT OF BED I WILL WALK MY SELF.I DIDN'T EVEN ASK ANYMORE AFTER THE FIRST TWO TIMES ,I GRINNED AND BARD IT ,PAINFUL GETTING IN AND OUT OF BED BUT A DOSE OF MORPHNE STOPPED THAT RIGHT AWAY..I PRACTICLLY TOOK CARE OF MYSELF WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY IV'S. "

Richard Wilson
" I go to meet Dr Wilson On March 12, at 10:45 I am so anxious, I can barely wait!! His office staff for the most part have been helpful,Heather( his receptionist) seems very informed and seems glad to answer questions that I have, Christy seems a little cold but I guess thats good at not getting ones hopes up. March 12,2004 I am so discouraged today,Moments before I walked out the door Christie called and said she would have to rescheldule my appointment for a later date.." THE END OF MARCH " I have waited nearly 2 months for this appointment, I am devestated.No compasion with Dr.Wilson's practice.I have come to the conclusion they are cold and bitter,Christi understood that I needed to have my insurance in and done with by the end of march..My insurance switches over to BCBS of Florida as of May 1 and I really wanted it done by then..( insurance reasons) I just feel they are stalling me... I have called Dr.Jim Valentines office and they seem so nice but I am in Florida and he is in Nampa, Idaho. But I 've done my reaserch and found that he is one of the best in the USA.... she said send in my paper work they'll get me approved and I will fly up to idaho and have my consultation and surgery days apart...( sister lives in Mountaim home ,Idaho) Right now I have nothing at all good to say about Dr. Wilson's Office staff..I have not met Dr.Wilson yet but will post my opinion on him as soon as I do.My new consult date is March 23rd.. March 23,04 I met with Dr.Wilson today.He was very nice seemed kind of shy though.I think I controlled the conversation and he didn't like that to much..LOL but all in all he said I was a good candidate for the surgery.I was nervous as $%#@ but after meeting him I was my old self.He looked over all my information and was very pleased that I kept alot of documentaion over the 9 years..( I had to do alot of investigating to get it all )he still insisted on a letter from my PCP and said the more documentation we have the better for a speedy autherization.. Christie, his personal nurse ( @#$%& ) she said at the seminar that 5 months of weight documentation was enough, now is telling me I need to get april, Darn them.. But that's ok April is just right around the corner..and I think I feel a bladder infection coming on..hee hee so as for my thoughts on Dr.Wilson , He is very nice..Quiet but nice and I think he will do a wonderful job..IF I GET APPROVED!! MArch 24,2004 I called My Benefits center for my insurance carrier, she said she tried to get in touch with Christie and was told that Christie would not provide any information on my case until monday.. Gosh darn it, I have the review board calling Dr.Wilson's office and they won't release any information until monday? thats 5 days away!!!! grrrrr Christie what are you doing to me girlie? April 10,2004 Ok, I take back everything I said about Christi, She is a little rude sometimes..not really rude just short and to the point..umm Negative. but she knows her job and she does it, I have to give her credit poor girl..She definitley works her butt off. She works for the only Dr.Who does this surgery for hundreds of miles around.. And now with the insurance companies announcing non payment for this procedure come jan 1,2005..she has to be pulling her hair out.. April 5th Tuesday 6:04 p.m. I just recieved a phone call from SHPS international and I WAS APPROVED!!! I can't wait!! Dr.Wilson's office is closed right now but I will be at his office first thing to tell christie the Great news. April 6th wednesday Ok I went to see Christie this morning and she was her sweet negative self..( no offense ) she explained just because I was approved doesn't mean the hospitals will have an opening for me.. She called them while I was there, I tried for Bay MED because I thought it would be cheaper in the long run.. No openings :o( Now remember, I must have my surgery schelduled and done before May 1st,2004..( switching insurance companies, not me but my employeer so she called Gulf Coast and what do ya know.... They have an opening at 9:30 a.m.on April 20th YAY, I was excited..I asked christie if her patients ever got as excited as I did.. she said NO...LOL she 's so funny..ha ha anyways I guess after she realized my excitement she tried to burst my bubble..I think.. she went on to inform me BEFORE SHE CAN SCHELDULE MY APPOINTMENT I HAD TO PAY MY OUTTA NETWORK COST UP FRONT.. which was 60/40 of the surgeons cost.. which came to $2,500.I said okay.. let's take care of that charge right now.her reaction was.. " I hope it's not a check, we don't take checks..I told her I was aware of that but I have crdit and slapped down my credit card.. Charge me baby!!lol( I didn't say that..I just made eye contact and smiled.. she was still hesitant but she charged me through and then schelduled a few pre=op test and told me to schedule a pre-opt meeting class.. I have taken care of my schelduling..I had my abdominal ultrasound the same day as my meeting with christie and because I was unable to ask Dr.Wilson questions I had during our consultation she scheduled one with him for the following week before my surgery.. Now I just have to wait.. 9 more days and a wake up.. "

Ken Finch
" Dr. Finch was great,I felt comfortable right away.I told him things I don't think I shared with to many others.Towards the end of our meeting I found him looking at his watch ALOT..and that kinda annoyed me.He explained alot, he had answers for all my questions and allowed me to pput in my theroys and ideas. I give Dr.Finch a B+"
About Me
panama city bch, fl
Location
21.3
BMI
RNY
Surgery
04/20/2004
Surgery Date
Feb 24, 2004
Member Since
Before & After
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taken 2 days prior to surgery.at St Andrews state park.PCB,Fl
214 lbslbs
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