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I agreed to a needed surgical biopsy.
The surgeons recommended that while doing that they make more incisions and do other things.
The surgeons office and the hospital both said it was fine to do the biopsy and nothing else. They were just like, “since we are in there anyhow, we can do all this other stuff too.” I was clear. No. Only this 1 thing. Unless I’m dying, don’t do anything else. They said it was optional anyhow and normally if they were not doing anything else they would it’s just watch. The one thing I agreed to do is often done as an office procedure. The rest requires general anesthesia and more incisions.
The surgeon scheduled everything.
I tried to cancel the others. Not the biopsy, thinking this huge surgical clinic just didn’t schedule it right. But they won’t be canceling the others. I told them that I won’t be doing any of it them. They refuse to cancel them. They make no profit off this, my insurance is crap. I told them that’s on you to not cancel but you have my notice that I don’t consent and I’m not going to do this. I faxed a letter simply canceling everything.
The hospital called me and indicated that they have scheduled a tubal ligation.
Wrong procedure. Wrong body part. It’s near where the biopsy needs to be done but the wrong body part all the same.
This is not something the doctors office ever discussed doing and is not any of the 3 surgical procedures they said was scheduled.
It’s the wrong procedure. The surgeon’s office verbally agreed wrong procedure.
I told hospital there’s an error in scheduling, you have the wrong procedure scheduled. I told the surgeon the same and gave them a copy of what the hospital had scheduled, including hospital based pre op visits.
Surgeons office said AGAIN they understand I’m stating I’m canceling but they are not going to cancel yet until I have an appointment with the doctor to discuss my decision.
I said no.
I told them again, “do what you want, but I don’t need your permission to say no and not show up for surgery.”
Hospital called to set up pre admission testing. For the freaking tubal ligation. They confirmed also getting my letter. They stated they need surgeon to cancel it.
I told them AGAIN wrong procedure cancel everything please now. And stop calling me.
They still haven’t canceled.
Eventually the office manager called and tried to tell me they can do one and not the others. I said nope, cancel it all. I am way too nervous after it being this hard to correct a significant mistake and have “no” respected to let anyone come near me with knives. At all. Let alone near my reproductive body parts while I’m knocked out.
This is the only local clinic taking my insurance. I actually want to keep them for ease of access the imaging test to monitor, which does not involve risks. I kept that appointment. I can get the images with them and take them to my primary whom I trust. My primary is good with this.
The other option for the needed surgical biopsy is an hour away and I’ve got an appointment scheduled in two weeks there.
It’s ok...
Some clinics are good for some things and others can not go near me with scalpels.
...except now after scheduling the wrong procedure and still refusing to cancel by the hospital and clinic all I’m thinking is “NO ONE IS TOUCHING ME.”
No one. Anywhere.
I mean... wtf.
The surgeons recommended that while doing that they make more incisions and do other things.
The surgeons office and the hospital both said it was fine to do the biopsy and nothing else. They were just like, “since we are in there anyhow, we can do all this other stuff too.” I was clear. No. Only this 1 thing. Unless I’m dying, don’t do anything else. They said it was optional anyhow and normally if they were not doing anything else they would it’s just watch. The one thing I agreed to do is often done as an office procedure. The rest requires general anesthesia and more incisions.
The surgeon scheduled everything.
I tried to cancel the others. Not the biopsy, thinking this huge surgical clinic just didn’t schedule it right. But they won’t be canceling the others. I told them that I won’t be doing any of it them. They refuse to cancel them. They make no profit off this, my insurance is crap. I told them that’s on you to not cancel but you have my notice that I don’t consent and I’m not going to do this. I faxed a letter simply canceling everything.
The hospital called me and indicated that they have scheduled a tubal ligation.
Wrong procedure. Wrong body part. It’s near where the biopsy needs to be done but the wrong body part all the same.
This is not something the doctors office ever discussed doing and is not any of the 3 surgical procedures they said was scheduled.
It’s the wrong procedure. The surgeon’s office verbally agreed wrong procedure.
I told hospital there’s an error in scheduling, you have the wrong procedure scheduled. I told the surgeon the same and gave them a copy of what the hospital had scheduled, including hospital based pre op visits.
Surgeons office said AGAIN they understand I’m stating I’m canceling but they are not going to cancel yet until I have an appointment with the doctor to discuss my decision.
I said no.
I told them again, “do what you want, but I don’t need your permission to say no and not show up for surgery.”
Hospital called to set up pre admission testing. For the freaking tubal ligation. They confirmed also getting my letter. They stated they need surgeon to cancel it.
I told them AGAIN wrong procedure cancel everything please now. And stop calling me.
They still haven’t canceled.
Eventually the office manager called and tried to tell me they can do one and not the others. I said nope, cancel it all. I am way too nervous after it being this hard to correct a significant mistake and have “no” respected to let anyone come near me with knives. At all. Let alone near my reproductive body parts while I’m knocked out.
This is the only local clinic taking my insurance. I actually want to keep them for ease of access the imaging test to monitor, which does not involve risks. I kept that appointment. I can get the images with them and take them to my primary whom I trust. My primary is good with this.
The other option for the needed surgical biopsy is an hour away and I’ve got an appointment scheduled in two weeks there.
It’s ok...
Some clinics are good for some things and others can not go near me with scalpels.
...except now after scheduling the wrong procedure and still refusing to cancel by the hospital and clinic all I’m thinking is “NO ONE IS TOUCHING ME.”
No one. Anywhere.
I mean... wtf.
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