Re: Does OB have the right to sit in on surgery?(WDMcintosh)
From: Robin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 06:49:35 -0600 (CST)
Ignore this one, as I added something and that is why ther is a second
posting....
I apologize. I thought I stopped this one from going through, but
aparently, I did not.
--
Robin
At Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Robin wrote:
>
>At Thu, 30 Mar 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>Dr. McIntosh is absolutely correct in saying that you need to clear the
>air with your Dr. Last summer, I had many medical problems that had me
>hospitalized over five different times from June to October. Some of
>the problems that I had were surgical (ports implanted, taken out due to
>infection, clots, etc.). I had a surgeon who is supposed to be one of
>the top in my city. As a person, I like him, but as a Dr., I was having
>problems, not just with what was happening, but with the attitude that
>came across. I am the type of person not to say something to the Dr.,
>and just try and move on, but this time, I had to tell him how I thought
>he was making me feel (took a long time to get the courage to do this,
>but I finally did....also did it when things were not so emergent with
>my health care). All of my other Drs. and I were "team players", and
>allowed me to say what I wanted done (not that they always did what I
>wanted, but they did listen to me). This Dr. wasn't like that. I had
>to finally tell him how I wanted my care to be given to me, as the other
>Drs. were doing, and I wanted him to respect me for that.
>
>He was accepting of my wishes, and while I am not still *completely*
>comfortable, it is a lot better than what I was dealing with.
>Thankfully, I don't have to see him much anymore, but I know if I do,
>things are different than they used to be.
>
>Hope this helps some.
>
>--
>Robin
>
>>The reality is that it does not matter what your doctor's reason is, if
>>it makes you uncomfortable that he will be there, then he should not be
>>there. This raises another point. It would appear that you have lost
>>your confidence in this physician, whether rightly or wrongly is almost
>>immaterial. You are going to have to clear the air with him, or change
>>doctors. The level of trust that needs to exist, does not exist at this
>>time.
>>
>>--
>>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>>Clarksville, TN
>>
>>This is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be replacement
>>or substitute for consultation and examination by an appropriate medical
>>professional. Due to time constraints, private e-mails cannot be answered.
>>
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