Did any of you have your pcp make it difficult to get your surgery. First he wouldnt sign off on my surgery because my blood pressure was too high. Um well gee doc I weigh just shyof 400 pounds and I just walked almost a mile from the parking lot thanks to construction.... So i am going back this afternoon but then he tells me that he needs the results of my bloodwork back before he will approve the surgery. Problem with that is the test cant be done more than 2 weeks before the surgery or they will not be any good for the surgeon and i will have to pay for them again ... and they wont schedule the surgery with out his approval ... AND IM SELF PAY. my surgeon has already said he will do it with out my pcp approval but the hospital will not allow it.The sad thing hes not even my pcp by choice. My old doctor left the practice to move out of state and shes the one that brought up the whole thing about the surgery to begin with.. this guys wants me to try and alter my diet and work out more ... oh if it was that simple so you think i would be this big by choice ... I love how people that have never dealt with weight have all the answers.

My doctor says that your pcp cannot tell you that you cannot have the surgery; that is unethical.

Yeah i can still have my surgery if i do it at the surgery center. But for the same money i can have the surgery at the hospital and be taken care of overnight. and the hospital is the one that wont schedule with out the pcp approval.

Can you change PCP's ? Maybe get one that has a clue?

I fully intend change pcp's after the surgery, but its kinda late in the game to do it before surgery i had my surgery set for 18th of this month that way i could have 10 days off with only using 4 vacation days as thats all i have left ... then they said oh yeah we need your pcp letter of approval for the hospital ... im going to the pcp's office after work today to try and talk to him and see if i can get him to see it my way .. if not maybe you all will see me on the news in the morning :mad:

Be firm and let him know this is what you are doing! Your not asking his permission.

I had a doc like that but I changed..

I understand that you are in a hurry to get things done, but can you possibly change doctors??

Also where are you located at? I know that there are many people on this forum and someone should be able to recommend a "fat friendly" doctor.

Best of luck to ya!

It has been resoved... i "kindly" exlpained to him that either way i was having the procedure and i could either do it with his approval and go to the hospital and get 24 hour care, or with out his approval and do it thru surgery center and go home the same day. So if he was so concerned about me he should probably go ahead and give me the approval so i would be under the doctors care for the first 24 hours. He is suppose to be sending his letter of approval over to my surgeon today. Thanks to everyone letting me vent and a time of extreme frustration.

Good job standing up for yourself and getting what you want! :mad:

Congratulations on being assertive and standing up for yourself! I konw it's not easy, but you did great!

Emily

Congratulations! It is hard enough to go through all the insurance stuff without having to deal with a doctor that's not listening to the patient. Good luck!