July 23, 2009

I do know, you've made it clear over the past couple of years. At least the other docs were good.

There was one doc that let me down. Right after I was diagnosed with Hep C (around 2001) Tim sent me to a local GI. First, he did a biopsy that took 13 hours, since ni ultrasound and he kept missing my liver. It didn't hurt but, but I had a bad feeling. He was going to start me on the interferon/ribavirin cocktail. Said he'd call me in a couple of weeks. A month later I realized he hadn't called. Started calling his Boston office, and local office daily. He never called back. His secretary knew my voice after 3 weeks of calls and was apologetic. Finally got hooked up with a doc that treated HIV, Hep C, and tick borne diseases. Everyone else since then has been so good, I forget about that one jerk.

I was impressed that my surgeon fixed the incisional hernia a year after transplant.