Wow - I can't believe the "it's not my job" mentality of the Surgeons in the Atlanta area. My first posts a few weeks ago detailed my husbands surgeries and my post #77741 went into the surgeon issues -- but today really takes the cake.

We now have a third surgeon who today put in the PEG Tube. Chris (my husband)already had an NG tube from the date of the 1st surgery (5/21/08). The NG tube was supposed to be removed today when the PEG tube was put in. Well, the surgeon did "cut" the NG tube in the area of the throat, but since the NG tube was sewn in with a few stitches in his nose, the Gastro surgeon said he couldn't remove that part. His words -- I didn't put the stitches in, so I can't take them out. What is wrong with this picture?????

The entire reason for the PEG tube was because the NG tube was going to be a problem during radiation and therefore needed to come out. And now it's still there???? We now have to make another appointment with the Head & Neck Surgeon to get the rest of the tube taken out.

I am about to take a clipper and just go in there myself.

Surgeons now rank at the very bottom of the medical totum pole as far as I am concerned. If there are any surgeons in the Atlanta area reading my posts, I hope you realize that you guys and gals are all just way too full of yourself and don't give a CRAP about what your patients have to go thru just to get a simple simlple simple procedure done.

What is so wrong with all of you surgeons? Is it an insurance issue or are you too afraid one of you might step on your future bosses toes.