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I am peeved.
Feb. 7th, 2013 06:01 pmSo, I am feeling kind of grumpy right now. I saw the consultant anaesthetist today, and he was.... well... I don't know how he was. The whole thing was very confusing. :/
Basically, I was told several somewhat conflicting things.
The first was that he 'wasn't going to recommend any additional steps' to improve my health for the surgery. Which sounds good, right? So I asked him outright if he was going to tell the surgeon that it's OK for me to have surgery, and he said 'yes, that is what this appointment is for.' Which kind of implies that he misunderstood me, or was dodging the question. On the other hand, he told me I would need to bring in my CPAP machine when I came in for surgery (not 'if'- 'when'!) which again, kind of suggests he thinks it will be ok, but.... later on I asked him again, and he said I should lose a couple of stone to reduce the risks.
So... what the fuck?? I literally have no idea at all weather or not he thinks that surgery is going to be OK. >_<; I am just as in the dark about it as I was before!! And yes, I know doctors don't like to give definitive answers, but he could have done a little bit better. I gave him two clear opportunities to tell me what was what, and he sidestepped them both. It pisses me off something rotten.
Also, I feel I aught to say that I do get that all surgery has risk, and that it's always about the degree of risk, rather than the absence of it. But he didn't even give me any indication of that- he just said there *are* risks, and that the only way to avoid them is to not have surgery. Which was not in any way helpful at all.
I have an appointment with my surgeon on the 27th. Hopefully he can shed more light on this mess.
Basically, I was told several somewhat conflicting things.
The first was that he 'wasn't going to recommend any additional steps' to improve my health for the surgery. Which sounds good, right? So I asked him outright if he was going to tell the surgeon that it's OK for me to have surgery, and he said 'yes, that is what this appointment is for.' Which kind of implies that he misunderstood me, or was dodging the question. On the other hand, he told me I would need to bring in my CPAP machine when I came in for surgery (not 'if'- 'when'!) which again, kind of suggests he thinks it will be ok, but.... later on I asked him again, and he said I should lose a couple of stone to reduce the risks.
So... what the fuck?? I literally have no idea at all weather or not he thinks that surgery is going to be OK. >_<; I am just as in the dark about it as I was before!! And yes, I know doctors don't like to give definitive answers, but he could have done a little bit better. I gave him two clear opportunities to tell me what was what, and he sidestepped them both. It pisses me off something rotten.
Also, I feel I aught to say that I do get that all surgery has risk, and that it's always about the degree of risk, rather than the absence of it. But he didn't even give me any indication of that- he just said there *are* risks, and that the only way to avoid them is to not have surgery. Which was not in any way helpful at all.
I have an appointment with my surgeon on the 27th. Hopefully he can shed more light on this mess.
