Post op Day 6

I had my first post op appointment yesterday. I was a little annoyed at the doctor. First of all my doctor is a general surgeon who does bariatric surgery. It is a Blue Cross Center of Distinction which is the reason I had to go with him. 2nd, he has 2 "fellows" who study under him. I felt like I was on a moving sidewalk. One of the fellows came to get me in the waiting room. He weighed me and thought I was 3 weeks post op. The date was right there on my record. he didn't even read it. He looked at my incisions (for about 2 seconds) and asked me if I had any problems. I went through my list (he didn't write anything down) I told him I was very hungry and that the 1 ounce every 15 minutes would not work with my school schedule. We were interrupted by the other "fellow" who needed the scale so we moved to another room. I was left for the doctor. The doctor came, he didn't want to listen to my difficulties and really didn't give me time to talk about them. I told him I was hungry and that the 1 ounce every 15 minutes would not work when school starts. He seemed surprised that I was only drinking 1 ounce at a time. He said I should be drinking 2-3 ounces at a time. When I mentioned moving to some more sustainable foods,he accused me of "food negotiation" He said he wanted me on protein shakes as long as possible but if i was desperate, I could have some soft scrambled egg. He said come back in 1 month and he would consider a fill! A fill! I haven't even tried to eat food yet! GGggrrrrhhh. The entire conversation lasted 5 minutes.

So I cannot count on any kind of food guidance from him. So I will have to make my own deciisons based on how I feel I guess. I was trying to follow his guidelines that he publishes in a nice booklet but it is obvious he doesn't even know what is written there.

I can put in 2-3 ounces at a time without discomfort so I should be ok at school. At least I know that I can get in all the protein I need for the day.

He is a great surgeon, no doubt, but he is not in touch with his bariatric patients.

I mean he could have suggested that I stay in touch with the nutritionist or something. anything but slamming the record shut and saying well you can do some soft scrambled eggs if you want but don't get anything stuck. Eeerrrgggghhhhh:mad: