I was first put off when the first thing he said was , "So why are you here, anyway?" - uggh!!! He read my chart, and did a history with me, then wanted to know why I didn't have any liver scans done, and said we should do one. I told him when and where I get my pain, and he said, "well, for someone in pain, you look pretty good". another uggh.
He then led me to his scheduler, who ignored me for several minutes, then loudly stated "did you have a day in mind, or do you want the next available? " I didn't understand, and said "what?" she nastily repeated herself . . . I said "for what?" she said "for surgery, of course!" I told her I thought we were just scheduling an ultrasound, and she said the doctor's chart said that I had agreed to surgery! She then said" you were in the treatment room with him, didn't you listen at all?"
Needless to say, I burst into tears at this point, and left immediately. I'm sorry to vent on all of you - but now what do I do? I've heard he is a good surgeon, but I refuse to be treated that way by anyone in the medical profession!
Another odd thing he said that scared me was "If I do surgery, and your gall bladder doesn't look right, I'll just take it out, even though your tests are normal"
Please helP!
-- Jill Humbert
-- Jill marchumb@msn.com