OT A wasted day
 

I have an "Ectropion" in my right eye. This is basically a drooping
lower eyelid. It tends to get irritated and bloodshot. The local eye
surgeon does not do that type of surgery so he referred me to a surgeon
at Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical center. I drove there yesterday (about 2
hours) to see the surgeon. First I saw a "tech" who checked my vision,
tested for glaucoma, and recorded all kinds of medical data. Then I saw
the photographer who took multiple pictures of my eye. Then, after a
wait, the surgeon appeared and told me he couldn't do my surgery because
he was leaving Dartmouth. He had me make an appointment with another
surgeon. I will have to go through the whole procedure again. The
Ectropion doesn't really bother me a lot so I think I will scrap the
whole idea. This morning I called the medical center and lodged a
complaint because they should have notified me and re-scheduled my
appointment instead of letting me make a useless trip.


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

OT A wasted day
 

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:59:29 -0500, (---MIKE---)
wrote:

I have an "Ectropion" in my right eye. This is basically a drooping
lower eyelid. It tends to get irritated and bloodshot. The local eye
surgeon does not do that type of surgery so he referred me to a surgeon
at Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical center. I drove there yesterday (about 2
hours) to see the surgeon. First I saw a "tech" who checked my vision,
tested for glaucoma, and recorded all kinds of medical data. Then I saw
the photographer who took multiple pictures of my eye. Then, after a
wait, the surgeon appeared and told me he couldn't do my surgery because
he was leaving Dartmouth. He had me make an appointment with another
surgeon. I will have to go through the whole procedure again. The
Ectropion doesn't really bother me a lot so I think I will scrap the
whole idea. This morning I called the medical center and lodged a
complaint because they should have notified me and re-scheduled my
appointment instead of letting me make a useless trip.

What a PITA! Can't they just transfer all your test results from this
first doctor (who shouldn't have bothered to do them at all if he
can't follow through!) to the guy who takes over from him?

OT A wasted day-UPDATEI
 

I had a phone call from the medical cent-
er today. The doctor is willing to do the interview and surgery at the
same time. They also said that I can probably have the stitches removed
by my local eye surgeon. This means I should only have to make one
trip. This was a concern because I have to bring someone with me to
drive home. I guess it pays to complain.

I have an "Ectropion" in my right eye.
This is basically a drooping lower
eyelid. It tends to get irritated and
bloodshot. The local eye surgeon does
not do that type of surgery so he
referred me to a surgeon at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical center. I
drove there yesterday (about 2 hours)
to see the surgeon. First I saw a "tech"
who checked my vision, tested for
glaucoma, and recorded all kinds of
medical data. Then I saw the
photographer who took multiple
pictures of my eye. Then, after a wait,
the surgeon appeared and told me he
couldn't do my surgery because he
was leaving Dartmouth. He had me
make an appointment with another
surgeon. I will have to go through the
whole procedure again. The Ectropion
doesn't really bother me a lot so I think
I will scrap the whole idea. This
morning I called the medical center
and lodged a complaint because they
should have notified me and
re-scheduled my appointment instead
of letting me make a useless trip.


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

OT A wasted day-UPDATEI
 

good for you!
Christine
"---MIKE---" wrote in message
...
I had a phone call from the medical cent-
er today. The doctor is willing to do the interview and surgery at the
same time. They also said that I can probably have the stitches removed
by my local eye surgeon. This means I should only have to make one
trip. This was a concern because I have to bring someone with me to
drive home. I guess it pays to complain.

I have an "Ectropion" in my right eye.
This is basically a drooping lower
eyelid. It tends to get irritated and
bloodshot. The local eye surgeon does
not do that type of surgery so he
referred me to a surgeon at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical center. I
drove there yesterday (about 2 hours)
to see the surgeon. First I saw a "tech"
who checked my vision, tested for
glaucoma, and recorded all kinds of
medical data. Then I saw the
photographer who took multiple
pictures of my eye. Then, after a wait,
the surgeon appeared and told me he
couldn't do my surgery because he
was leaving Dartmouth. He had me
make an appointment with another
surgeon. I will have to go through the
whole procedure again. The Ectropion
doesn't really bother me a lot so I think
I will scrap the whole idea. This
morning I called the medical center
and lodged a complaint because they
should have notified me and
re-scheduled my appointment instead
of letting me make a useless trip.


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')