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I had my first follow up visit today. 2 weeks post op. I have to say I was a little disappointed in my visit. was there maybe 10 minutes. Dr just asked me how I was feeling and told me I could do anything I wanted now as far as activity. I had several questions about hunger and food, but that was kinda blown off. I actually had to ask him to look at my surgery site to make sure all was well. I did have a pretty big hematoma and was concerned about it. I felt like I drove over 2 hours to see him so the least he could do was check out the surgery site!! so I am thankful I have found this website, a lot of my questions have been answered on here. so thanks everyone!!!

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Unfortunately, that seems to be the norm. My doc is great but he's no Chatty Cathy and it's obvious he needs to be somewhere else real quick.

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My dr is the same way. Always in a hurry with everything. That is why we all have each other here!

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Yep, they breeze in and out pretty quick. Mine will stop and answer questions if I ask, but if I don't stop him, I get about 5 minutes. Except if I bring up exercising or Protein diet, these seem to be his passion and he's all in.

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