My surgeon writes down everything. Actually, he records everything and somebody else writes it down.

When I was in his office for diagnosis and planning, we discussed everything. Then while I was still there, he orally recorded everything we had said. He then asked if I wanted to make any changes or additions. He then altered his report accordingly.

I have not seen him since except for a couple of minutes when he greeted me in pre-op and we both wrote our initials on the appropriate knee.

Actually, I am glad that surgeons spend every minute they can doing surgery and hire other people to do other stuff. I have always observed that anesthesiologists have the best bedside manner.

Today, I had my post-op appointment with the PA. I can see from the very comprehensive report I was given that my surgeon did, in fact, show up shortly after I had counted back from 100 by 7 a few times, and I’m really grateful that I slept through the whole thing.

I wasn’t awake to go over this with Dr. Coen when he recorded it. I’m trusting that it is accurate. The PA went over the entire thing with me and had me look at the photo album that was created during the procedure.

TMI