Unable to ask my doc questions before my implant surgery

[macoza]

Since October I've been trying to get a specific doctor to do my implant but have been unable to cuz at that time he was leaving the hospital and transferring to another hospital. Since he was fully booked with surgeries with limited time there, he couldn't squeeze me in his schedule for surgery at all.

Surprisingly, just last week my doc's secretary called me to offer surgery on Jan 8th from a cancellation to which I agreed. She scheduled me for surgery on January 8th.

Today, I call my doctor's secretary back about setting up an appointment to see him about going over the procedure and other questions. But she told me he's on leave or vacation until Jan 7th, a day right before my surgery and we haven't even discussed implant type as in AMS or Titan!

The secretary then offered a video call with hm on Jan 7th, again, the day before my surgery. She said its the only day he has available to talk after returning from vacation. Again, this is a day BEFORE my surgery and I need to ask him several questions before the surgery.

This left me scratching my head and confused. I really need to talk to him but not as late as 1 day before the actual surgery.. Let me know what you guys think of this.

[UpNorth]

What do you know about him?
Do you have complete faith in him?
Lots of questions to ask yourself.

Rewind to June and this happened to me, I’d go for it as I had assurance from a lot of members that he is great.

[Time2Change]

Since October I've been trying to get a specific doctor to do my implant but have been unable to cuz at that time he was leaving the hospital and transferring to another hospital. Since he was fully booked with surgeries with limited time there, he couldn't squeeze me in his schedule for surgery at all.

Surprisingly, just last week my doc's secretary called me to offer surgery on Jan 8th from a cancellation to which I agreed. She scheduled me for surgery on January 8th.

Today, I call my doctor's secretary back about setting up an appointment to see him about going over the procedure and other questions. But she told me he's on leave or vacation until Jan 7th, a day right before my surgery and we haven't even discussed implant type as in AMS or Titan!

The secretary then offered a video call with hm on Jan 7th, again, the day before my surgery. She said its the only day he has available to talk after returning from vacation. Again, this is a day BEFORE my surgery and I need to ask him several questions before the surgery.

This left me scratching my head and confused. I really need to talk to him but not as late as 1 day before the actual surgery.. Let me know what you guys think of this.

If I were you, I would postpone the surgery.

My surgery was at the end of October, and I had a pre-op appointment at least a month before.

I also had a lot of questions for my doctor. I was pretty committed to having the surgery. But being able to ask the questions and have time to digest his answers certainly helped me be more relaxed going into the surgery.

It's a big deal! I think it's important enough to have a meeting beforehand.

[Kiwias]

Is he prepared to have an email conversation with you? Outline all your queries and send them off. He can either answer now or address them at the video call
PS
I first met my surgeon while they were wheeling me into theatre
Previously to this we had a video consultation followed by an email conversation.
It all worked out well for me