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Back Off I'm Starving!

Super excited today because Prudence was getting her second fill. Glad I called yesterday to verify the dietary restrictions on my fill date otherwise, I would have eaten! Great nurse I am, huh? For breakfast I had a protein shake with 1/2 water, 1/2 orange juice. Then on the way to work I got in about 16oz. water At 0800 I thought I would get in another protein shake, as my appointment was not until 3:30pm and as of 0900 I had to be NPO. So I got pulled in the O.R. today to work which thankfully took up a big portion of my day not focusing on the fact that I couldn't drink anything until THREE THIRTY!!!! Ok, well I got through the day, ran some errands and then headed off to my doctor's office. I get to my appointment five minutes early and say to the person at the desk, "Hi, I'm Maggie and I have an appointment at 3:30pm with the Nurse Practitioner for a fill." She looks at me puzzled and says, "You DO?". Shuffeling through some papers she then says matter of factly, oooh, she had to leave. Which leads me to my video. Let me tell you, Chris Farley was FULLY reserected in that doctors office. WHAT you mean to tell me I've been NPO since 0900 and have a splitting headache and you couldn't have called to tell me that my appointment was cancelled?

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YfvBbxE1vU

 

If you can tell anything from my blog, I'm not too shy about holding my feelings back and telling you how it is. I was pretty darn proud of myself that I didn't come across the counter at the poor lady. Or maybe she could read my face because before I could respond she said, well you could see Dr. LaGrand. To that I chuckled, "I don't care if I see the man in the moon as long as I get a fill". He was a resident that worked along side my surgeon and I've met before. Looooooovvvveeeeddd him! What a great bedside manner and he answered so many more questions than my own surgeon did for me! AND he filled 1cc- woohoo! So as I'm leaving I thanked the office staff for getting me in (even though I'm not sure that shouldn't have been expected anyway) and asked if I could continue to see him for my follow up visits. "Well you could if he was staying. He's leaving when Dr. Scott leaves at the end of the month". Ummmm, Hello?!? What?!? That's right, my surgeon is leaving for another hospital. Don't you think that is something that I should have at least gotten a generic form letter signed by his secretary? Kind of disappointed. Just sayin'!

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journey4me

LAP-BAND Patients

omg! Really? Things that make ya go huh?? Did they refer you to someone else?

GermaineF

LAP-BAND Patients

Wow....your Dr is leaving and you weren't notified by letter?? Great customer service....Did they recommend another Dr for you? geesh

armymom2012

LAP-BAND Patients

Luv Luv Luv the video. Good job. I know how you feel. I had to wait til 4 pm. Spent all day at work at a desk thinking about food that I couldn't have and for some reason the guys here had to order pizza of all days. That is one of my personal deamons and I can't have it:(

zil

LAP-BAND Patients

I would not have been as calm as you were. You dun good. LOL. Glad you got your fill, but I can't see why you need to NPO like that. I only have to do smooshies for a couple of days AFTER I get a fill, other than that, I eat like normal (for a banded person).

Maybe another dr is going to come into that office and take over your current doctor's practice and still do the same job as him. Or maybe you could go to the other hospital and see the dr you really loooovvvveeeeeee.

good luck.

mags2u

LAP-BAND Patients

I will continue with their program their and just see the other doctor, whom the girls said if I loved the resident who did my fill I would LOVE the other doctor because they are similar in bedside, personality, etc.

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