the nutritionist part 2...

tonight was support group. it is facilitated by the surgeon's wife/nurse/bariatric coordinator -- T. she is amazing. just lovely. direct. smart. up to date on research. kind. tough. by the end of tonight's meeting she had half the group coming into the office this week for adjustments. they really want people to succeed.

so after the meeting i went up to T and asked her if i can vent...so i told her about my morning. the nutritionist is not on her staff. it is a separate office but linked through the hospital network. i told her about the journal, the exercise and the vitamins. she asked me if she could mention our conversation to others. i told her yes and that i am sure monique will know where it came from since i told her off. T asked (with a slight twinkle in her eye i might add) what i said... i told her about the pamphlet and how i told monique she was argumentative. she seemed pleased. T also told me that in the last 6 weeks or so she has heard other complaints. i told her that i wasn't necessarily looking for freebies -- but that the vitamin thing is really bugging me because i want to be successful and i was hoping to get some solutions this morning. at this point it was at least 15 minutes after the meeting ended and T offered for me to go upstairs with her because she had tons of vitamins. 15 minutes later i walked out with bottles of vitamins and 2 dvds to try out for exercise. what an incredible lady. i really wish her and her husband much success.

but wait! there is more! when we went upstairs another lady went with us so she could hop on the scale. there 3 of us were chit chatting and something came up about vegetables. i asked the other patient to give me some ideas for pureed vegetables since she is over a year out and she also has texture issues like me. T is in the supply closet looking for more vitamins and stops what she is doing and says "you can't have vegetables until week 6!" I KNOW i told her...and that is when i told her about monique insisting i have veggies and how they were not even on the sheet she kept pushing towards me. unbelievable, huh?

i am so glad i spoke up about this. cody, you are right...this woman can be scaring off potential patients. and that came up in my conversation with T too. hopefully some changes will come about for everyone's well-being.

thanks for your support and kind words amy, robyn and cody. at the end of the day i didn't know if i was sensitive and crazy or what.....