Leslie L.
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Saint Francis Hospital
"My experience with St. Francis was ok. I found the staff,and nurses to be very young and inexperienced. While being transported for my leak test, the guy and the girl wheeling me down were talking about getting drunk, partying and so on. I found this highly inappropriate. Also the bed I was in, the kind that can be changed into a chair without moving out of the bed - no one knew how to operate it. They spent an hour fiddling with it, while I layed there VERY uncomfortable. I also feel I did not get the attention I needed from the nurses and nurses aides. After calling them it took a good half hour for them to come to the room. In the step down unit, in my opinion, things were different. There was always a nurse there, and my needs were met. Everything changed when I was moved to a normal room. "

Shawn Garber
"March 9, 2001.....I met with Dr. Garber today for a consultation regarding the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. My first impression is a very good one. He explained EVERYTHING about the surgery, showed a diagram of the stomach and what will be done, explained all the risks, talked about the risk of death(which is with every surgery), and he explained aftercare. Everything that had to be discussed was done. I've done so much studying about this on my own that everything he said confirmed all I have learned. I found Dr. Garber very easy to talk to, he understood all my fears and problems regarding this surgery, and my current state of being so obese. He is definitely a fat friendly doctor. Normally I feel very uncomfortable at a Doctors office because of my weight, and at Dr. Garber's there was no such feeling. Everyone in the waiting room was morbidly obese, and I knew they were all there for the same reason I was. My consultation lasted about 45 minutes. He gave me a list of all the doctors I need to see before surgery, with their names and telephone numbers. He said when I see them all to call him back for my next appointment. Dr. Garber also told me about the support groups he has to discuss the surgery with pre ops and post ops. The one thing he stresses over and over is to QUIT smoking. He will NOT perform surgery on a smoker. He also said he will take a blood test at the pre admissions testing right before surgery to check the carbon monoxide level in me. So my next BIG step is to quit the cigarettes. This will definitely be hard, but I will do it. Dr. Garber's office staff seemed very nice and helpful, I have no complaints. My one complaint was the wait in the office. I waited almost 2 hrs to see Dr. Garber. Who knows if this is what it's like everytime you go there, but today it was a LONG wait. Other than that i have no complaints. In my opinion it was worth the wait...I met with a great Doctor, with both surgical competence and bedside manner and feel totally confident in him."
About Me
Greenlawn, NY
Location
26.6
BMI
RNY
Surgery
06/27/2001
Surgery Date
Feb 18, 2001
Member Since
Before & After
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Yuck, I look terrible! 1 wk post-op on 4th of July 2001
330lbs
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