Medical Records

Today I picked up my medical records from my PCP so that I could deliver them in person to the surgeon. Of course curiosity got the best of me. I wanted to read what these medical professionals had to say about me. I took the liberty of writing down all the times I went in to see the doctor about weight loss and the weight fluctuations throughout the years, in case my insurance overlooks something. I am pretty anxious about the surgery. It's just a waiting game now!

Did you doctors office make you pay for your records??? I am SO MAD that mine wants 20 bucks for mine... OR he will send them to the surgeon for free????? (rolling eyes)

I've gotten copies of my medical records for the last 7 yrs or so. I'm going to take them with me when I go for my consult just in case he needs them. I thought of taking pictures from birth to now, just so he can see i've always been a fat baby,adolescent and adult but I'd hate to scare the surgeon away...lol

No I didn't have to pay. They already know me at my PCP office. They are all so sweet there. I did go through my records and wrote down every date, weight and what we discussed. Like I said, it's just a waiting game now.

I got my records from my pcp, sleep study dr, knee dr, dietician, counselor and hospital that I have had all my surgerys at. The only one that made me pay is the hospital. 33.75! can you beleive it. The hospital apparently outsources all its records to a company in Atlanta now.

It may be too late, but you should make a copy of the records for your own safekeeping.........just a thought

I did the next best thing...I scanned them into my computer and saved them to a disc.