Hi Reenie,
Gee I'm sorry if I gave you the opinion that my issues were phsycological and not medical They are medical. I thought I had been clear as to how I had gotten ill. They have been brought on by a combination of the surgery, my menopause and what I had done to myself phsycally by not eating correctly and using laxatives. The laxatives issue was the part that I do blame on physicology. Head issues. My feeling of being fat.
Thats what I need the shrink for. I am not fat. I look in the mirror and see fat. when I weigh myself I do not see what the scale really says but I see 300 pounds. I am not 300 pounds! thats what I need the head doc for.
I do believe that I am proactive with my healthcare. If I do not understand what they are telling me I repeatedly ask questions not only of them but of others in the medical field. Until I understand.
Yes we both agree Dr A is a surgeon. Could be that the RN might have more info for us than he would especially if she is the one who is talking to all the other patients. Next year for my yearly phsical I will give the RN a chance. I dont want to decide until I meet and speak with the RN if I am going to like them or not or if the info they have is going to be what I need.
I hate waiting in a doctors office forever! do you know after I had seen him I was waiting at the desk for copies of my blood work and the receptionist at the desk was talking to one of the nurses there. They were discussing how he double books during the same hour! that did not make me happy. Its the same thing at all the other doctors that I've ever gone to. You get a good doctor then everyone else finds out about them so that the next thing you know they are double booking and not giving anyone the time that they deserve.
We have had major surgery that has made major changes in our lives. Some positive some negative.
I feel I did mega research before my surgery over the course of years before I decided which to have. I also met and talked with 3 doctors before I decided which doctor to use. I had good friends who before me had the surgery and did not choose their doctors. I chose the one that I liked and wanted. they might have thought I was wrong but it was my choce.
Seems like no matter who I talk with who have had the surgery at work, my friends in the town I live in and my customers along with the people on the boards no matter the type of surgery that they have had,there are always questions or issues.
One of the women I work with had the banding. Her band slipped and she almost died. They had to surgically repair everything she was out of work for 4 weeks.
When someone who is thinking of the surgery asks me what I think I tell them to do their research. I tell them what I have gone through, my thoughts and how I feel. I tell them they need to make their own decision but they need to base that decision after they talk to many different people, doctors, the works. they can not make the decision quickly. Theres no turning back with this.
Are you still happy that you had the surgery Reenie?
God bless, Pam