It didn't take me long to get to this sub forum. I am old, and stricken in years, as my children tell me. I have some arthritis that flares up in places, and recently my right hip has been giving me some trouble. I have been a good boy and have avoided all NSAID consumption as the doctor ordered. However, the doctor also told me that once I got through my surgery, I would be able to take them occasionally for pain, minor injury, etc. The key phrase there is "got through", as in all healed up.

I called the doc's office earlier today to talk to the CRNP I see, and who seems to know her stuff when it comes to the intricacies of the various surgeries. The first time I called, I was left on hold for eight minutes before I concluded that I had been forgotten. In all my visits to this office, I have never seen them take more than two or three minutes for ANYTHING at the front desk. So I called back.

The same woman answered the exact same way the second time. "Bariatric and surgery, can you hold please?"

"NO, I can't hold! You left me forgotten there last time and all I want to do is leave a message!"

"We didn't forget you sir. We're very busy. Who do you want to talk to?"

"I want to ask my RCNP a couple of questions about some medicine." My questions aren't so much as what I can take as when. I already know I can.

Now is when things got worse. The woman who was so busy that she didn't have time to pick up the #$%& phone proceeded to quiz me in detail about what I wanted to know and why I wanted to know it. She wasn't even interested in who I was for a while. She finally wormed it out of me in detail what I wanted, and THEN proceeded to start telling me what I could and could not take! I was thinking, "WTF!?!?!?!"

She ended her little lecture with a smugness that just oozed out of my phone. So I said, "But you're not Alicia, are you?" Alicia is the RCNP.

"No, but I've worked here long enough to know what we tell all our bariatric patients."

I felt like saying something like, "Well maybe they should promote you to surgeon, lady, seeing as how you know it all!" But I bit my tongue, knowing she is the gatekeeper I need to get past. I settled for, "I would prefer to speak to Alicia about my concerns." This woman had the gall to tell me that she already knew what Alicia would tell me! The good news for her is, they have not yet invented a feature for smart phones where you can actually reach through the phone to slap the idiot on the other end. I finally got her to promise she would leave a message. I finished up by asking her who she was. She is the office coordinator. Not only am I going to speak to the RCNP about some office person giving out medical advice, I will very likely speak to her personally when I have my next appointment. Stupid $%#^&.

Yes! A smack an idiot App! Sign me up! Sorry for your frustrating ordeal. I hate it when "know it alls" with a condescending attitude try to turn the screws on you over the phone. They have the disconnect power too. It sucks!

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Yes! A smack an idiot App! Sign me up! Sorry for your frustrating ordeal. I hate it when "know it alls" with a condescending attitude try to turn the screws on you over the phone. They have the disconnect power too. It sucks!

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There have been several occasions in my life where I have informed the person on the other end that if they can't get things straightened out, I will show up in person. That works for local miscreants, but is not enforceable over longer distances. About 25 years ago at a car dealership, after being jerked around for almost two weeks, I informed the service manager that if my truck was not fixed by the next day, someone was going to the hospital, and I was going to jail. I had my truck the next day. But I was much younger, and somewhat hotheaded in those days.

@@LittleBill

The in person thing works SO much better than over the phone that is for sure.

My husband uses me....LOL. He will tell someone who is irritating him on the phone that if they cannot get it together, he will put his wife on and they certainly dont want that. LOL. Works for him most of the time.

One of the RN's on the hospitals bariatric unit informed me (amount other things) that I need to stop complaining about pain since I had.elective surgery...she also told me that I would probably regain all the weight anyway... so little Bill I feel your anger. Report her to the offiic supervisor. She treats people like this because she counts on the fact that she shames them so they will not report hat.

One of the RN's on the hospitals bariatric unit informed me (amount other things) that I need to stop complaining about pain since I had.elective surgery...she also told me that I would probably regain all the weight anyway... so little Bill I feel your anger. Report her to the offiic supervisor. She treats people like this because she counts on the fact that she shames them so they will not report hat.

WOW!!! What a $!#@# Omg, I would have thrown a bedpan at your RN. That is so unprofessional and outright mean. Did you report it? Did anything happen?

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One of the RN's on the hospitals bariatric unit informed me (amount other things) that I need to stop complaining about pain since I had.elective surgery...she also told me that I would probably regain all the weight anyway... so little Bill I feel your anger. Report her to the offiic supervisor. She treats people like this because she counts on the fact that she shames them so they will not report hat.

WOW!!! What a $!#@# Omg, I would have thrown a bedpan at your RN. That is so unprofessional and outright mean. Did you report it? Did anything happen?

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One of the RN's on the hospitals bariatric unit informed me (amount other things) that I need to stop complaining about pain since I had.elective surgery...she also told me that I would probably regain all the weight anyway... so little Bill I feel your anger. Report her to the offiic supervisor. She treats people like this because she counts on the fact that she shames them so they will not report hat.

WOW!!! What a $!#@# Omg, I would have thrown a bedpan at your RN. That is so unprofessional and outright mean. Did you report it? Did anything happen?

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One of the RN's on the hospitals bariatric unit informed me (amount other things) that I need to stop complaining about pain since I had.elective surgery...she also told me that I would probably regain all the weight anyway... so little Bill I feel your anger. Report her to the offiic supervisor. She treats people like this because she counts on the fact that she shames them so they will not report hat.

Wow! What a B!+@# did anything happen to the RN? How unprofessional and outright nasty.

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@theantichick I have RA, as well. 5 weeks post-op and I haven't had any of my RA meds since 6 weeks pre-surgery. Except for my right thumb causing me pain and grief, I actually feel great! The almost 50 lbs gone has worked wonders!

@theantichick I have RA, as well. 5 weeks post-op and I haven't had any of my RA meds since 6 weeks pre-surgery. Except for my right thumb causing me pain and grief, I actually feel great! The almost 50 lbs gone has worked wonders!

My rheumy said that it wasn't a guarantee, but the stomach tissue that's cut away releases a lot of hormones that are part of the inflammatory process. So she expected a drop in inflammation from the surgery itself, and then more as the fat tissue goes away. Before surgery, we were talking about biologics. I had to go off my meds a month before surgery, and I was off a month after surgery. My factors were a little bit high, but not terribly bad. I had a flare for about 2 weeks after surgery, but since it backed off and I'm back on my meds, I'm doing pretty good. Some soreness in my wrists/fingers/thumbs, but manageable with salonpas Patches, still haven't needed NSAIDs postop. We have taken biologics off the table indefinitely. We may still need to increase my dose of sulfasalazine and/or add in plaquenil, but I'm happy about the improvement. And 60# off is making my knees happier.

One of the RN's on the hospitals bariatric unit informed me (amount other things) that I need to stop complaining about pain since I had.elective surgery...she also told me that I would probably regain all the weight anyway... so little Bill I feel your anger. Report her to the offiic supervisor. She treats people like this because she counts on the fact that she shames them so they will not report hat.

The CRNP was eager to get on it. Either that, or she is a very good actor. But I have gotten to know her well enough that I think she is going to follow up with enthusiasm. I got the impression that the guilty party hasn't been there long enough to have real experience - just enough to think she does. I suspect there will be a follow up conversation at my next appointment.

@@Aggiemae

I would report her to the state. She has to renew her license like everyone else.

@@Aggiemae

I would report her to the state. She has to renew her license like everyone else.

Alas being rude and unprofessional it's a licensing issue. However, I am an administrator at the hospital and she would have know that if she read my chart. She was disciplined and will not work in bariatrics again.

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Wow....sorry my phone posted that 100 times

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One of the RN's on the hospitals bariatric unit informed me (amount other things) that I need to stop complaining about pain since I had.elective surgery...she also told me that I would probably regain all the weight anyway... so little Bill I feel your anger. Report her to the offiic supervisor. She treats people like this because she counts on the fact that she shames them so they will not report hat.

Ohhh hell no. I hope you told your surgeon about this nurse at the hospital. I have to say my surgeon rules her kingdom. The nursing staff has to address our pain and we are supposed to get whatever meds we need if we are in pain. The nurses have to check on the bariatric patients every hour without being called. I was brought the wrong food tray twice while in the hospital this last time and my surgeon flipped her lid and called the nursing staff and the kitchen staff on the carpet for it. If a nurse is shaming a bariatric patient they have no business working on that floor. That person needs to be reported and relocated.

1day1life4now", I am an administrator at the hospital. She would have know that if she read my chart... I am also one of the hospitals Patient Advocates. So trust me when I tell you I did everything you suggested and more. She is banned from the unit and since her position is "casual on call" I don't think she is getting many shifts.

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It didn't take me long to get to this sub forum. I am old, and stricken in years, as my children tell me. I have some arthritis that flares up in places, and recently my right hip has been giving me some trouble. I have been a good boy and have avoided all NSAID consumption as the doctor ordered. However, the doctor also told me that once I got through my surgery, I would be able to take them occasionally for pain, minor injury, etc. The key phrase there is "got through", as in all healed up.

I called the doc's office earlier today to talk to the CRNP I see, and who seems to know her stuff when it comes to the intricacies of the various surgeries. The first time I called, I was left on hold for eight minutes before I concluded that I had been forgotten. In all my visits to this office, I have never seen them take more than two or three minutes for ANYTHING at the front desk. So I called back.

The same woman answered the exact same way the second time. "Bariatric and surgery, can you hold please?"

"NO, I can't hold! You left me forgotten there last time and all I want to do is leave a message!"

"We didn't forget you sir. We're very busy. Who do you want to talk to?"

"I want to ask my RCNP a couple of questions about some medicine." My questions aren't so much as what I can take as when. I already know I can.

Now is when things got worse. The woman who was so busy that she didn't have time to pick up the #$%& phone proceeded to quiz me in detail about what I wanted to know and why I wanted to know it. She wasn't even interested in who I was for a while. She finally wormed it out of me in detail what I wanted, and THEN proceeded to start telling me what I could and could not take! I was thinking, "WTF!?!?!?!"

She ended her little lecture with a smugness that just oozed out of my phone. So I said, "But you're not Alicia, are you?" Alicia is the RCNP.

"No, but I've worked here long enough to know what we tell all our bariatric patients."

I felt like saying something like, "Well maybe they should promote you to surgeon, lady, seeing as how you know it all!" But I bit my tongue, knowing she is the gatekeeper I need to get past. I settled for, "I would prefer to speak to Alicia about my concerns." This woman had the gall to tell me that she already knew what Alicia would tell me! The good news for her is, they have not yet invented a feature for smart phones where you can actually reach through the phone to slap the idiot on the other end. I finally got her to promise she would leave a message. I finished up by asking her who she was. She is the office coordinator. Not only am I going to speak to the RCNP about some office person giving out medical advice, I will very likely speak to her personally when I have my next appointment. Stupid $%#^&.

LMAO! All of your posts make me laugh. I love your wit!

That woman you spoke to should not be giving you that information, and she should allow you to talk to your RCNP if you request to. The fact that she made you go through all of that unnecessary bull crap, is borderline neglect. If I were her boss, she would be written up for that. It honestly doesn't matter what she's used to telling her patients or what she thinks your RCNP will say. She is not qualified to give you any medical information about your health. Honestly, it seems to me that she was offended by the fact that you were unwilling to hold again, and she wanted to give you the run-around just so she could be a jerk. I just cannot tolerate that kind of passive aggressive behavior.

All of us on this post should have a Bariatric meet-up, and go up to that woman to show her the wrath of the people who are on strict diets, and aren't in the mood to tolerate egotistical know-it-alls. (Only slightly kidding. )