Omg
He is exactly what is wrong with the medical profession today!!! I am an MD
and am embarrassed by his behavior. It is part of the discrimination by society carried over into medicine regarding obesity. You are going to be a complicated patient by having the surgery and losing weight, but you won't be a complicated patient if plagued with medical problems by staying at the current weight or higher???
I apologize to you on behalf of doctors and have one bit of advice. If this is his true colors, he is not a dedicated physician (nor a good one) obviously more worried about having an easy practice than practicing medicine. You would not want to be under his care anyway.
Good Luck with finding a new and caring MD. Maybe ask your surgeon for a recommendation of an PCP he has worked well with.
Dyann
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 DYANN
Lap RNY 1/4/06....
46/ 19.8/23.5 BMI's 167.9 pounds gone forever as of 9/12/07 116.3%to goal
294.4/ 126.5/150
5' 7''
Jupiter, Florida
Dr. Jefferson Vaughan: GBP
Dr. P Duddly Giles: Plastic surgeon TT/BL 03.20.2007
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