I spent this morning making appointments. The lapband guy-closest appointment for the great OZ-more than one month. The soonest appointment for his nurse practitioner-Similar but two days sooner.
I called the psychologist affiliated with the department where I had my surgery. They will not take a new patient unless they have a recommend from my surgeon...who cannot be seen for more than a ##!@%$@ month. I had a little meltdown with the receptionist who must be used to people melting down on the phone because she offered to send a message to the doctor and see if he would allow me to make an appointment (after of course they checked my medical insurance).
I then called my general practitioner who can see me tomorrow!!! What is wrong with our medical system when there is such a discrepancy? Tomorrow I will give her my woe is me story and ask her for a recommendation. Perhaps she knows someone better than the over-worked and un-approachable people at my surgeons office.
We won't even talk about fills or no fills (I am sure my head needs sorting before I go back to work on weight-loss).
Living with a lapband after seeing goal is just as much work as getting there. This blog chronicles my journey to qualify for band surgery, my work to goal weight and now living with the band long term. Weight will always be an issue but there is a whole lot of living to be done.
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I think your PCP will most likely be able to help. When I told mine about the problems I was having with my surgeon's office, she called and got me an appointment with my new doctor within 48 hours!
Hope things get better for you soon.
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