So did I grab your attention with the title? Hopefully I did…
To me Bariatric Doctors remind me of the use car salesman that won’t let you off the lot until you take a test drive with the perfect shiny car…Now after that ride, your hooked aren’t you? Why would you not be, he made the car desirable and that is all we really want to be in the end…But after the car is purchased and it starts having mechanical problems where is that car salesman at? You keep taking it in and they keep blowing you off…Why, because they don’t know what to do about problems, they are just there to make a sale…Maybe, the mechanic might know what to do, let’s ask him…That is where our Primary Care Physicians start taking over…They haven’t seen anything like us before so what are they going to do? It’s not like I can just turn over the keys and demand my money back for being sold a lemon…
I agree, I had my surgery 2 years ago and not unlike a used car salesman my surgeon promised how great I would feel, how my quality of life would be so much better and how this would be the best decision for me.
Well guess what when I started to have complications under the hood… so to speak, my surgeon was no help at all. Where is this guy who promised that things would be so great, he is out on the lot looking to make another sale to a customer who really just needs to be steered into the right direction.
Great point, Girl! I love your honesty. Thanks for keeping it real. Good luck with the IV treatments. <3
Thanks, I try to tell the truth and it can be hard…Especially when people aren’t ready to hear it…
Berrigirl
I totally agree–at least as far as the pcp. He’s apathetic to the fact that I had the surgery and oblivious to the fact that he’s my PCP! I’m only 5 weeks out and I’m ready to find someone who actually cares. I’m not having problems, but even talking to them is ridiculous.
the end.
This is just ripe for a Toyota, or trade in, sarcastic comment…hehehe…….
I still believe, from my outsider standpoint, that this surgery is still in enough of an “infancy” (for lack of a better word) that the Drs performing the surgery don’t have a clue what will happen down the line…..
I think the assembly line has the flaws…..they keep moving people thru the process without any long term research to prove it will run continuously…….
But then, I’m still expecting Lasik patients to end up blind some day, another example of a rush to make something better without any long term guarantees……..
Until enough of you make loud noises about what happens after the 50,000 mile mark, the corrections to the initial surgery won’t be considered……and the magic mechanic won’t be able to come up with a solution, until he sees enough opportunities to work on enough broken drive shafts….
Ah, look what you started, LOL…..
Oh and you can’t forget… they are similar in that they wave at you when you bring your car in for a routine oil change! Or at least that’s how I feel… he saunters in, asks “How ya doing?” and saunters back out again. “NEXT!”