Some Doctors!!!!

[bersaguy]

Some doctors sure don't make it easy to do follow up appointments!!!! I have a followup appointment tomorrow morning at 9:45 AM. Thing is he has 4 different offices in Nashville and appointment card does not have which office he will be at for appointment. Guess I will have to call and find out where he is at before Tommy picks me up to take me. This is my urologist visit. Day after tomorrow I go back to Heart surgeon and not even going to try abd pronounce his name but will type it. Sreekumar Subramanian. Before the surgery I asked a few doctors who would be doing my surgery and all of them said "SUPERMAN" Well that kind of bothered me and I thought it was just a joke. Well, turns out none of the other doctors can pronounce his name either so they nicknamed him "SUPERMAN" but they also said he was to top surgeon in the Cardiovascular Surgeon Group and I was in the best hands possible so that gave me some peace of mind anyway. When we met he asked me if I had any questions or concerns. I said yes and he was a very receptive person and listened very attentatively to everything I explained to him about the Mylex Mesh in my body. He promised me he would do some research into my concerns prior to the operation and he did and even came back to my room and explained his concerns pertaining to the mesh. He had sent me down for a CT scan of my entire abdomen and gave it all a lot of consideration while we talked. He promised me he would not disturb any of the mesh during the surgery and he didn't. He said putting the drains in for the heart surgery was somewhat of a challenge while continuing to avoid the mesh but he got it done. So I was operated on by SUPERMAN with complete success................

[hipower]

Sounds like you hit the medical pool jackpot with this man. I'm very glad for you.

Having trust in our physicians is a necessary thing. If we/I don't like them or am not comfortable with him or her...get another.

Way too important to be unhappy with them.

[DaveTN]

12 minutes ago, bersaguy said:

Some doctors sure don't make it easy to do follow up appointments!!!! I have a followup appointment tomorrow morning at 9:45 AM. Thing is he has 4 different offices in Nashville and appointment card does not have which office he will be at for appointment. Guess I will have to call and find out where he is at before Tommy picks me up to take me. 

I just went through the appointment issue with my elderly parents. Many doctors will make appointments at the hospital. The hospital (in their case) meant that they didn’t have to try to drive or find a ride. The hospital will go pick them up and take them home for free (with advance sign-up) or they can call for bus to come by on shorter notice ($3.00). That did away with a lot of drama.

[bersaguy]

6 minutes ago, DaveTN said:

I just went through the appointment issue with my elderly parents. Many doctors will make appointments at the hospital. The hospital (in their case) meant that they didn’t have to try to drive or find a ride. The hospital will go pick them up and take them home for free (with advance sign-up) or they can call for bus to come by on shorter notice ($3.00). That did away with a lot of drama.

Well neither of these doctors treat at the local hospital so I can't call a bus to pick me up. I live 45 miles from Hospital they work in. Sumer does not offer cardiac surgery, only cardiac rehab so that is where I was sent. Won't say the rehab I got was top notched but then I out performed anything they put at me. Had this been my first Rodeo it might have been ok but this is my 10th Rodeo and the first one I got sent to rehab for so I was ahead of the rehab program even before I left the hospital. I guess that is why after the evaluation from Home Health Agency that came by yesterday and she decided I was far enough advanced that I didn't need home health services.

[DWARREN123]

Glad you are better!