That sucks. I'm glad you were able to get it done though.

I'm trying to scramble and figure it out. Just quite upsetting as I made it very clear I needed a final price.

$1000 may not sound like a lot to some people but to me it's a HUGE amount to come up with in a matter of three-ish weeks.

Really bummed right now. Drove down to Coos Bay today for my pre-op visit and all went well. Paid my money for the education class and visit with Dr Tersigni (who I thought was quite nice) and afterward double-checked with their bookkeper person re the price on the pricesheet they gave me for surgery as it was $1000 more than I was quoted (bc of my BMI I already have an overnight hospital stay which of course costs more anyway for obvious reasons). This is a huuuge deal bc my wonderful dad is paying for my surgery (from his retirement no less) and I HAD to have the exact final figure for his retirement fund to release said money and wire to me from back home (Australia). Even on the paperwork the price I was quoted is highlighted (the person highlighted the wrong thing We were told today). I am very upset; it's not a matter of being able to simply get more money - not that simple. So it looks like after everything I am probably not going to be able to do the surgery. :o( Has anyone else had this same experience with bay bariatrics changing the quoted price after you pay the deposit and class fee or am - just unlucky? So depressed over this. :o( Edited to add: they reduced it to $500 which is more doable at least so it is now full speed ahead. ;o)

Dr. Deveney is a very good surgeon and I am pleased with his surgical skills.  He did visit me a couple of times for a very brief time while I was in the hospital.  One time he visited me in his surgical garb and white jacket, including his "shower cap", because he was between operations.

I had good nursing care in the general surgery unit while at the hospital last year.  I wouldn't say that the nursing care was excellent or outstanding.  The nurses were slow to answer my calls at times, but apparently that is par for any hospital that is short-staffed and the unit nearly full.  One CNA had to work a double shift because another one was unavailable and her second shift would have been short-staffed.  Luckily, my room was right across from the nurses' station, close to the office assistant who answers the phones for the unit.  The nurses washed their hands every time they came in my room and wore gloves every time they touched my person, IV machine, my catheter and drain, or the bucket where I peed into.  Most of the nurses treated me very well, altho I was very assertive at times.

The dietary department was another story, especially that in-patient NUT who totally and completely annoyed me for two straight mornings.  The department did not allow me to select my meal from the full liquids menu like any other patient on general or modified diets.  Plus, I had a couple of missed meals that I had to notify the nurses.  And the nurses had to call for a tray each time, and the food service aide delivered the tray to me albeit late.

Linda may have been in a different unit from the general surgery one when she had her spinal operations, so the problems she experienced would not have applied to the general surgery unit at all.  It was very unfortunate that she experienced those problems and I hope she complained to the patient advocacy department at OHSU.

I had a procedure done at the waterfront building of OHSU yesterday and received very good care from the nurse at the short-stay unit on the same floor as the bariatric clinic.  The GI doctor, her assistant, and nurse anesthetist (all women) all treated me very well in the procedure room.  I tolerated that procedure very well too.

The weekend market is always fun to hit if you will be here on a sat./sun. Someone else mentioned the gorge and Multnomah Falls. I second that. Oregon coast is also a pretty good see. Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport.(Oregon Coast aquarium is pretty nice too).

I had to go to Bend for my psych evaluation.  OHSU (where I had my surgery) was backed up for months, but I could go to a preferred surgery center and see their psychologist and still have it count.  I didn't have any trouble getting information from BC/BS.  I just called them and they answered my questions.

I also double-checked with OHSU to find out what they would accept.

Linda