My new surgeon...

[venomousflowers 56]

I got my surgery in Nebraska, I had to move out of state less than a month after surgery and ended up in Florida. Now, I have medicaid for an illness but, I realized, down here in Florida, medicaid patients are treated waaaaay differently.

so my new surgeon isn't...well, he seems like he doesn't care about my health and wellbeing. I only saw him once, the second time I went to his office, I had to see his PA.

I keep getting the same thing "you need a colonoscopy and endoscopy to see why you're bleeding" but they're taking so long just to get me to have one because they're so overbooked but, in the mean time, I am bleeding from my rectum dark red blood on and off.

I'm not saying my surgeon has to care about me, all I am saying is if he knows all the problems I am having...why isn't he doing the sensible thing and putting me into the hospital so other doctors can see what's wrong cause clearly he doesn't have time for all his patients.

[Hiraeth 515]

I got my surgery in Nebraska, I had to move out of state less than a month after surgery and ended up in Florida. Now, I have medicaid for an illness but, I realized, down here in Florida, medicaid patients are treated waaaaay differently.

so my new surgeon isn't...well, he seems like he doesn't care about my health and wellbeing. I only saw him once, the second time I went to his office, I had to see his PA.

I keep getting the same thing "you need a colonoscopy and endoscopy to see why you're bleeding" but they're taking so long just to get me to have one because they're so overbooked but, in the mean time, I am bleeding from my rectum dark red blood on and off.

I'm not saying my surgeon has to care about me, all I am saying is if he knows all the problems I am having...why isn't he doing the sensible thing and putting me into the hospital so other doctors can see what's wrong cause clearly he doesn't have time for all his patients.

As a doctor, he SHOULD care about you. Doctors cannot be good at what they do unless they are motivated by the well-being of their patients. I recommend seeing another doctor. This one sounds like a jerk. If your bleeding becomes severe, or bad enough to cause you panic, please go to the ER.

[venomousflowers 56]

I got my surgery in Nebraska, I had to move out of state less than a month after surgery and ended up in Florida. Now, I have medicaid for an illness but, I realized, down here in Florida, medicaid patients are treated waaaaay differently.

so my new surgeon isn't...well, he seems like he doesn't care about my health and wellbeing. I only saw him once, the second time I went to his office, I had to see his PA.

I keep getting the same thing "you need a colonoscopy and endoscopy to see why you're bleeding" but they're taking so long just to get me to have one because they're so overbooked but, in the mean time, I am bleeding from my rectum dark red blood on and off.

I'm not saying my surgeon has to care about me, all I am saying is if he knows all the problems I am having...why isn't he doing the sensible thing and putting me into the hospital so other doctors can see what's wrong cause clearly he doesn't have time for all his patients.

As a doctor, he SHOULD care about you. Doctors cannot be good at what they do unless they are motivated by the well-being of their patients. I recommend seeing another doctor. This one sounds like a jerk. If your bleeding becomes severe, or bad enough to cause you panic, please go to the ER.

I'm really thinking about switching to another surgeon because this one really made me angry when last month I was having really bad bleeding and stomach pain, some Constipation and weakness.

I called him and asked him if I needed to go to the er and he told me to do a liquid diet for the weekend...which didn't help so I saw him on that following Monday and his PA said the same thing about the procedures that need to be done.

The thing that made me so mad was he didn't have a sense of urgency in his voice, he was so nonchalant about it.

I've been to the ER four times before this and they literally just send me home with some muscle relaxers for my stomach and tell me to see my surgeon.

I have a whole bunch of symptoms that started back in February and he won't even listen to me. The problem with changing doctors is I am going to have to wait for a referral and it take up to seven weeks.

I am at wits end.

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