Doctor Visit

[Kalipso2 25]

i had my surgery on monday, april 21st. things went good, i suppose. i spent one night in the hospital because i live 4 hours away from the surgeon.

i never saw my surgeon or anyone from his office except for right before the operation. is that normal?? i saw (2) hospital residents the morning i got discharged but i don't think either of them knew what kind of surgery i had because when i mentioned "port pain" he touched one of the incisions that was NOT the port.

i'm a little disappointed in my surgeon. here it is... day #3 and not even a phone call.

[Long2BFree 12]

Congrats on being banded! I hope you are doing well.

I don't blame you for being disappointed in no one calling you or the doctor not checking on you before you were discharged. That does seem a bit odd to me. It would definately make me feel that I wasn't valued as a patient.

[rynodad 0]

Where did you have it done? How much did you pay? I'm sorry you had a bad experience. Hope your follow up care goes better for you!

[Kalipso2 25]

i was a self pay patient and it cost me $13,000. the surgeon has a great reputation and even answers questions on the threads here and maybe that's why i'm so disappointed. i expected better customer service from him. do you think i should contact him?

[soriminah 0]

I'd be pretty cranky at that. I think it's poor patient care on his part. This is all the contact I've had with my Dr and his team:

*I had to see the nurse for my first appointment.

*I had 2 appointments with the surgeon.

*The day of surgery he came to check on me and inserted the cannula himself.

*Then the next morning he came to check on me again.

*One week to the day of surgery the nurse rang me to check I was ok.

*I had my pre-op appointment 3 weeks after surgery and first fill.