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My Long Journey Alone

Like a child on Christmas Eve, once I had my first appointment with the doctors office I could not wait to get started on all my tast to be done. I ran home with my binder (they had given me) sat down and read the whole thing. I had a new outlook on life already. That same day I called my family doctor to write a letter of support and had them fax it in. I then saw my councelor and had her write a letter of approval and fax that. On Saturday ran out and had my blood drawn. I was on the road. I gave up the soda (I loved very much) started out to the store buying the right food and reading boxes. Ran to WalMart and bought the most expensive scale they had. I even started to buy babyfood for after the surgery. Wow, sice that first meeting I was too busy to notice my doctor's office had not done a thing. I found out that I won't even meet my surgon until right before surgery, When I call them with concerns they give me a line or 2 speak and hang up. I am starting to lose all the interest I have in thhis whole thing.

I feel I have shown so much effort and am not seeing anything in return, this is very discouraging an upseting. I need support with this, and even though my family is there, they don't understand. I need to see somethig from my doctors side that shows they are their and moving on their end as well.

If you have any feedback on this PLEASE let me know you feelings. I feel alone and ready to jump ship. I have even found myself crying on the phone with the doctors office and still got no where..

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SassySenior

Gastric Sleeve Patients

Sweetie,

I am so sorry you're dealing with jerks. If you haven't paid cash, now is the time to get away from them. In fact, even if you have paid cash, I'd still switch doctors. You can get out from whatever hold they have over you. You can threaten to report them to the Medical Board of your state. Post online about them, every chance you get. Whatever you can think of ... including suing. That's what I'd threaten them with if they don't reimburse you.

After all, you're kinda like a girl who's just gotten engaged ... all excited about the event ... can't wait for it to happen ... doing everything you can out of sheer joy. And then ... wham! ... they hit you with their nasty selves. Sad to say that bariatric surgery is a money business and once they get you in the door, you're dust.

But it doesn't have to be that way. There are many wonderful, supportive doctors out there. You can check on this site for other doctors in your area. If you do decide to switch ... which I highly recommend ... do your homework before you pick a new doctor. Check all the sites, including lap band and gastric bypass, to see what others think about their doctor. This step is vital if you want to have a good experience.

Good luck, sweetie!

mokee

Gastric Sleeve Patients

Web sites like this one were my only means of support before and now after. If it was not for all these wonderful people I would never have had surgery. I would have backed out. So keep reading and asking questions while you find a new dr. We are all here for you.

cbd

LAP-BAND Patients

I agree...there are other doctors that do this surgery. You may not get the support from the doctor themselves but the office/center should have a support syste such as dieticians, bariatric pharmacists, a therapist you can see, coordinator who you can call with questions. I go to a great place but Ihave to let you know....my doctor is not the one who I get a lot of support from...his office staff and wt loss center is who I call.. Try having one of your family members or friends go with you thru the process....be your go to support person. My husband was/is mine. He went to all of my appointments with me and knows just as much or more than me and reminds me of timing my eating...portion sizes...protein intake. Good luck....this is a great site for support too.

smbergie200

Gastric Sleeve Patients

My surgical weight loss center sucked! The girl that handled insurance couldn't even get the right documents faxed to the insurance company. I eventually just faxed the missing documents to the insurance company myself. Then after surgery I never saw my surgeon for follow ups - I always got stuck with some fill in doctor. In truth unfortunately most businesses today have zero customer service and suck. Bariatric surgery is a business and they are there to take your money. Don't let a crappy doctors office make you feel like giving up. Be strong and fight for your health! You got this!

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