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Re: Unable to Preform Laparoscopy: Insight?
From: Denise (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 27 14:49:32 2002
Sue him and then go to another doctor.
--- Heather <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> On August 8th, I was scheduled for a diagnostic
> laparoscopy to confirm
> if had endometriosis. Everything was normal, and my
> doctor even said I
> was a prime candidate for the laparocopy. However,
> it turns out I was
> not. In recovery my doctor informed me that he was
> unable to complete
> the surgery because of excessive internal scarring
> from my appendix. I
> was disapointed, and scheduled to see him a month
> later. However, at
> that appointment, the doctor said that the reason he
> could not preform
> the opperation was because of my "weight". He also
> indicated that this
> was the first time this has ever happened to him,
> and that he has done
> 8,000 of these surgeries. He told me two different
> stories. I am not a
> huge person, I admit, I have some excess, but
> nothing more than the
> aberage overweight person. I don't understand how I
> am the only person
> he's had trouble with, if it was because of my
> "weight". Is there any
> insight you could help to provide me with? I am
> scheduled for a
> laparotomy in December.
> (I am only 19)
>
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