Hallelujah! I'm ALLOWED to see another dr.!

Imagine that! After two days of symptoms and a trip to ER and the clinic is finally "ALLOWING" me an appt. with another dr.!   Well praise the ground they walk on!  I'm a lucky person because I "should be lucky I have the appt" I have on March 10! Got a call from some lady at the clinic this morning, asking how I am.  Of course I said the same as I was two days ago when I went to ER!  So she said that an appt. had "opened up" with one of their other drs. today at 1:20.  I'm going.  I was going to go to another hospital today anyway. So not 10 minutes later, my dr. calls me personally saying he is heading out of town this morning (I was told he was GONE until the 10th!) and that he wants me to see one of this associates.  He said that I should not go to the ER unless I'm super sick because I will only sit there for hours.  Really?  Guess I can confirm that. He said that he had TOLD his CLINIC staff that any post op with problems HAS to be worked in to clinic THAT DAY.  Well, I can tell you I have talked to no less than 5 different people answering the phone, and all I get is run-around and that I should be happy with what I have because that's the best they can do. I don't know whether to be happy that they have hired more people to work on this huge backlog of stuff I've been hearing about, or whether to cry because they all think these drs. walk on water and you have to have permission just to see one of them! Anyway, my fever disappated last night so I decided to wait until today to go in anywhere.  I didn't want my kids to have to put up with being here alone again for another evening/night.  Anyway, my fever is down to 99 this morning, about where it was when I went to ER.  They don't seem to think that is anything anyway. But the pain, swelling and bleeding still persists.  So we will see what happens today.  I am seeing Amy Williams old dr. and I know she has high praise for him.  Also, if this is a gall bladder episode, he would be the doc to take care of me anyway, so "they" say.

So sorry you are going through all of this Kim!!! Yikes! My heart goes out to you darling!

Sorry to see that you had to make yet another trip to the ER.  At least Dr. D. did the right thing by ordering the clinical staff to work all post-ops with problems in to clinic the same day rather than making trips to ER.  However, I am skeptical that his order will be followed by those phone reps. Glad to see that the clinic was able to work you in to see Dr. M.  As Amy says, you will be in good hands with him. Hope your problems will be resolved and you will feel better real soon!

WOW...do you feel spoiled or WHAT!!!! Can't wait to hear how it goes.... BIG HUGS!!!!! D

When do you ever catch a break...............................your saga is just unbelievable..........but glad you are FINALLY getting in to see someone.  And more important, hope they can find out what the hell is going on................. Keep us posted! 

Kim, I am so sorry about this---I thought things were going along well for you.  Maybe they will remove your tube.  Are you eating enough or gaining enough that it is time to do that?  You will be in my prayers.  Julia

Dr. D. wants me on the tube until I get to 115, then will remove me from night feeds for a month and see if I maintain.  If so, then the tube can come out.  He wants to be conservative because it's really hard to put it back in if I need it again. I'm close, or was close, to 115, but since this has been going on, I have been nauseous, vomitting and not eating much and am back down to 109.4 this morning.  I'm going to try to be on my tube more to help me slow the loss and possibly gain more.

Kim - how did it go?  Were they able to help you out?  Who did you see at OHSU?  I'm praying they've got you on the mend again. Linda

I saw Dr. Martindale, the same surgeon who did Amy Williams WLS.  He seemed to take me seriously.  He looked at the area, saw the swelling, pushed around and felt things.  Painful. Good thing I took some pain meds before I went. I did end up getting sick when I got there, and puked in their garbage can.  So there, they saw the nausea.  I puked again on my way home and felt sick to my stomach the rest of the day. Anyway, Dr. M. ordered a CT scan of my abdomen and they were able to get me in yesterday afternoon.  So I'm waiting for the results now.  I just called and he is in a meeting. He has reviewed the results and is supposed to call me in 15 minutes when his meeting is done.

Hmm - well, at least he took you seriously.  I wish they had been able to tell you what's wrong sooner.  I hope you get the results of the CT scan back soon and they can tell you what's up.  You have had such a long road to recovery here and I really wish they could get it right for you.  You're in my prayers Kim. Linda