"I spoke to Dr McConnell last night for the first time and i have to say my Personal impression was that he is not to informative or uplifting he just asked me questions about myself to get to know my situation, wich i can totaly understand. He is alittle quiet but he will probably warm up after the first meeting. I have heard nothing but great things about him and his staff and i am looking forward to meeting him for the first time. He called me around 8:30 wich i thought was saprising, because normaly you cant get a doctor to call you after 5pm =) I actually realy liked that he called me at that time. Because i somtimes work late and it realy shows that he cares about his patients and that he will do whatever it takes to help them even if it meens working late calling his patiets etc. His Receptionist seemed very nice the times I called and left messages. He told me that his Receptionist will call me to schedual and apointment for a Consultation.
10-27-01 still no word from Dr. McConnnel. I cant beleive he never called back to set it up, oh well im not going threw him anymore. My doctor had refered me to a dr. Patterson Its been fairly simple except the fact that there is alot of things that have to be done. Her office was verry nice to me and verry helpfully i called them the first day and the next day my application came in the mail. i filled it out and sent it back and within a week i received it and said that i am a candidate of the program and it listed all the next steps i have to take before my first meeting with Dr. Patterson. I had to schedual appointments with a psychologist, diatician, and have blood tests and sleep apnea testing done thru my PCP. The lady at dr. Pattersons office told me that she would call me back in jan. to set up my appointment with dr. Patterson in March. she said they have alot of patients and are verry backed up but she was upfront with me and told me that she would posatively call me back in jan. Well thats it , ive schedualed all of the appointments i needed to and they are all in Nov. then after that it will just be getting all the paperwork in order for the first consultation. 12/26/01 Well i have gottn alot done. all of my pre surgery appointments are complete , im just waiting till march to have my first consultation with Dr. Patterson. Also I found out from my work that my insurance company is changing starting Jan. to United healthcare. It looks like they are pretty good about approving the surgery so im excited."
