"I had back surgery here last July. It was actually outpatient, so i didn't stay but the one day in short stay area. The same area my WLS surgery started in. Everyone was nice and efficient and I have only one complaint for that section, and that was from the back surgery. I was scheduled to go in for surgery at 10:00 am. I didn't go in until 2:30 pm. The wait wasn't such a big deal, the doctor had a surgery previous to mine that became a bigger time sink than had been expected. What I DID have an issue with was, no one bothered to let us know what was happening. So I am expecting to go to surgery any minute, and the time keeps ticking away. The lack of communication was irritating.
On to the WLS surgery, i was first operation of the morning at 7:30 am. This one was right on time. Everything went just fine, I only stayed one night at the hospital. The nurses and CNA's that cared for me were all very polite and all seemed pretty well aware that I was a bariatric patient and what I could or could not have. (None of those stories of them bringing me a regular dinner tray).
I had one very young nurse that although was nice, was not very good at being timely. In fact, that whole shift seemed to be very young folks and they were not as fast to respond to requests for more ice for example, or were slower to respond if I hit the call button. (And I rarely hit the call button, so I wasn't being a pest unless absolutely necessary. Other than that everything was just great, and even that wasn't a real big deal to me, i was still in enough pain, I was sleeping quite a bit.
There is a Physical Therapist there named Wendy that came in to see me both days, she is AWESOME! Damn good at what she does, and a very nice person. I didn't really get attached to anyone that I would much care to go back and say Hi to except her. If you are lucky enough to have her come work with you, you are lucky and tell her I said Hi.
OK, long story short, no horror stories from me. The hospital experience was just fine and I have no real complaints."
"Dr. Read and everyone at the Samaritan Bariatric Program in Corvallis, Oregon are top notch, professional, helpful and caring people. I have not actually had the surgery yet, and will update this when I do, but my experience so far has been very positive. "
