"Day staff was excellent! Sometimes for night staff I got fill ins from other hospitals and floors and they weren't as good. I had one nurse who never came to check on me, or even came in a reasonable time after I called her. So, eventually, I'd end up getting up and walking to the nursing station to go find her. Then, she'd show me how to do something (like reset my pump) so I wouldn't have to bother her again. The other thing with the UIHC floor was just to know that between 7-8 am, there are staff meetings and its hard to get anyone to come into your room for nonemergency type stuff. Early mornings are just really busy with the staff changeovers. It's fine, as long as you know it, then you can make sure you have enough pain meds or whatever you might need."
"4/13/01 I just met Dr. Doherty yesterday. He was a very nice man, very reassuring. He was direct about the risks and direct about the benefits. He did a physical and picked up on some other problems I was having. I felt he was very thorough. His nurse, Debi was awesome. She is really nice. You can talk to her about anything, I can tell she's a major support outlet for the patients. The visit went smoothly. The only annoying thing was that I wished I would have made a "previously failed diets" resume. I was asked to recite my diet history so many times. Maybe it was a test. :)
Basically it was a good visit. It took about 4 hours in total. I have another appointment with him in a few weeks to go over the results of the tests he ordered. Then, because he assists in the laproscopic surgery, I'll have to go to Dr. Maher also.
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