Friday, November 25, 2005

The talk with my PCP

I went to my PCP on April 22, 2005 to talk to him about WLS. This was the first time we had discussed it. He was very open and pro the idea. Dr. Guderian is one of the most kind Dr.’s and I am blessed to be his patient. He wanted to be sure that I am capable of undergoing surgery and has ordered an echo cardiogram and cardio stress test. At the same time I told him of Dr. Ferrari’s requests and he went ahead and ordered the sleep study, Physiological Evaluation and the other blood work.

OBESITY MOMENT: While I was at the Dr.s office a horrible Medical Assistant in training took my weight and decided to announce it to the world by saying out loud “OH! IT’S RIGHT AT 279”. Taken aback by the situation I stepped off the scale, reached for my purse and looked her in the eye and said “YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD” She quickly apologized but the damage was done. My best friend works in the office there and came in to see me. At which time I broke into tears. How humiliating can you be? My friend quickly switched from Medical Credentialer to Patient advocate. The MA stated later she realized what she had done as soon as she did it and never meant to hurt anyone. I guess this is her first lesson in obesity sensitivity. Unfortunately, I was the one whom she had to learn from.
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