Grrrrrrrr! But he probably did you a favor anyway...who wants a surgeon like that going inside...what a jerk though, it's infuriating! I had almost the exact thing happen to me last September. I had been to ER the day before, in a world of pain and all that goes with ARD. The next day I went to the surgeon who had performeed my adhesiolysis a year before. He told me no, that he only performed that surgery once, told me basically I would have to live with the pain, and asked what did I think people did before there were surgeons?
A 5 minute visit like yours, $70 cash. I held my breath until I got to my car, then sobbed for a good 5 minutes before I could even drive off.
Have you contacted David Wiseman for a possible referral in your area? You can e-mail him at synechion@aol.com.
Hang in there Bonnie...we're here for you!
Love,
Janet
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Bonnie" <destinywants2@yahoo.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Saw The Jerk Surgeon
> Oh My Lord....I just went throught the most humiliating experience ever.
> I went to see the surgeon that my PCP referred me to . I went into to
> his office he asked me what surgeries I had had, and then looked at me
> and said " I do not beleive Adhesions cause pain, I believe they cause
> bowel obstructions but not pain" then he walked out. I was left to
> stand in the hallway for 5 minutes until I said ( to no one that was in
> the hallway) "Am I done" noone said anything so I left. I have never
> felt so belittled before in my entire life. How dare he say that to me.
> What am I to do now? I called my PCP and am awaiting his call now, I am
> so embaressed....I spent a whole 5 minutes in this surgeons office for
> him to make me feel like crap. I want to cry.
>