RNY complications KAISER will NOT LET ME SEE A BARIATIC DR

Mar 20, 2018

I had rny in 2004 and surgery for complications in 2013 and 2014. Here I am again, same symptoms, same excruciating pain. Not my first rodeo! My first time around with this I was told I was within 2 weeks of death. My PCP wrote a referral for me to have a consult with a Bariatric Surgeon 3 WEEKS AGO. It's still pending while I am in 24/7 pain, cannot tolerate any solid food or sleep because the pain is just too much. I keep calling and they keep giving me the run around. In the meantime I've been forced into seeing a PA that will not listen to me, doesn't care that he's got all my records to prove I know what I'm talking about and today he replied to a PRIVATE email I sent to my PCP NOT HIM asking for a referral to a specific doctor who said that would see me right away and he tells me that my PCP doesnt have the authority to write the referral!!!!!! I called Kaiser insurance benefits directly and asked them if I could get a referral to a Kaiser contracted doctor and they told me sure, just have your PCP write it. Does anyone have any information on what I can do. I've exhausted every avenue I can think of. I've jumped through every hoop, had every test, followed all medical advice and I'm not getting anywhere. I've called member services and I've filed 2 grievances so far. I'm in SoCal Inland Empire area. No, I can't change insurance outside of getting Medi-cal and even if I did that I would still be waiting and in pain. I feel like if I can't see a bariatric doctor soon I'm going to die this time. 

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About Me
35.7
BMI
RNY
Surgery
05/04/2004
Surgery Date
Feb 26, 2018
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