Unbelievable

Mar 16, 2009

It is amazing to me how many people are willing to go under the knife for a life altering surgery without doing any research!!!!!! I went to my Kaiser Orientation today and I was so agravated by all the people who seemed extremely clueless about bariatric surgery.Do people really expect to go to a 2 hour orientation or  an hour long seminar and learn everything they need to know and be able to make an informed decision??????? To top that off they are listening to this doctor  who is NOT a bariatric surgeon and taking him for everything that he is saying..... don't get me wrong he is the director of the program and seems very knowledgeble but he isn't even a surgeon and of course he represents kaiser ( aka the insurance company) so he is going to steer patients the direction the insurance company prefers. When I asked if kaiser does the duodenal switch he said no which I know is a lie.. of course I'm sure most of the people didn't even know what a duodenal switch was let alone that he WAS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH! He was also down playing the lapband. It's not my choice of surgery but if it was he would have scared me off! he even told us that Kaiser only want sthe lapband to be  in place for like 3-4 years and then REMOVED?????? I was just flabergasted.........THEN when it's Q&A time in the orientation everyone starts asking personal questions that deal specifically with their circumstance...um don't people know that an orientation with over 100 people present is not the time to talk about your cancer or your previous diseases and infections????? One lady even asked the doctor ( again I point out he isnt a surgeon) what surgery he would choose for her??? huh???? What I wanted to say was, " Do some research lady! Ask around.... get on some websites like obesity help.....take those questions to a bariatric surgeon... go to a bariatric surgery seminar!"....

Now I hope you all know I'm just venting As far as I am concerned today was just one step closer to my ultimate goal. I was just shocked how lightly people take this....

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