LogFAQs > #951342614

Went to my pre-surgery appointment with the anesthesiologist which was a huge pain in the ass. The surgeon made it sound like it'd be real quick, just meet the anesthesiologist and they will tell me what'll happen and answer any questions.

No, it was 99% me giving my extended medical history and doctor contact info to a nurse for literally 3 hours. If they'd told me I'd be doing that, I could have brought my files where I have all that written down but instead I had to remember like 20 doctors from memory and search up their contact information on my phone.

Apparently just taking it from my patient portal would violate HIPAA even though I can literally okay it and it's all my information. Hipaa causes so many issues relating to convenience. Just let me put all my info on one place online, then let doctors request access to it with an app and let me ok that request from my side of the app. Why is that not how it works? Probably wasted 50+ hours of my life refilling out and reexplaining my medical information and frankly, it's too much for me to remember so they probably get spotty information.

Also regret not asking a few more questions during the surgical consult, specifically about a weird swelling then shrinking painless hard lump in my stomach. I mentioned it and the surgeon didn't know what it was and thought maybe it was my gallbladder but didn't order any scans or anything to find out. Feels like a partial intestinal obstruction to me. Maybe it's the case that during the procedure they will be able to see what it is and deal with it and that no matter what it is, I'd get the surgery anyway, but if thats the case, it was never communicated to me. Called to basically ask again but more firmly if it's going to be ok but the surgeon isn't in today so maybe they will call back tomorrow.

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