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Robert Woodruff Jr
"Dr. Robert Woodruff is very efficient, succinct, thorough. Immediately following my procedure I didn't really have any major or nagging pain, nor did I have any gas pressure or pain in my shoulder or arm as many other patients on OH, and on other forums and social networks, have complained about for all my years of research since 1996. So for that, I'm very pleased! :) If anything I felt very exhausted and all I wanted to do was sleep... but I couldn't during my overnight stay at St. Joe's in Warren, OH. My monitors for my I.V. would beep incessantly every 20-30 minutes throughout the entire bloody evening well into the the next damned afternoon!!! I GOT NO SLEEP! ZERO! I was miserable, kept complaining. Why they didn't just just get me a monitor/ I.V. contraption that worked, I'll never know. Trifling! Then at one point in the evening, a flurry of nurses charged into my room en masse with a CRASH CART! I've watched enough med shows since childhood to know that those two words are not a good sign. I asked what was going on? One of the head nurses on shift explained that whenever all lights go RED next to my name at their desk, it meant I was FLATLINING! Huh?!? "Well clearly I'm not." Which they plainly saw. It turns out the electrodes had been placed on & under my chest INCORRECTLY. Thus the major snafu. All I wanted to do was be discharged tout suite & call my two best friends (that brought me to the hospital and stayed by my side until I finally came out of my anesthesia after 2 stressful hours) to pick me up & take me home to my apt. So in short everything pre-op & during surgery with my surgeon went smoothly. Everything after him was MEH! Smhl. I wrote all of this down in my journal but I certainly won't forget it. Do I regret having my Lap RNY (Gastric Bypass)? Absolutely not! I was in very skilled & capable hands with Dr. Woodruff and his OR team. I'd do it again & recommend him to anyone. Be aware that he's not the "warm, fuzzy" , hold your hand through it all type of doc. But he does a damn good job. No pain in my case, no leaks, no drains. That's more important. That's what matters. Just wish my overnight stay was at another facility."
About Me
Youngstown, OH
Location
46.4
BMI
Nov 17, 2002
Member Since
Before & After
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My highest weight bet. 2010- early 2017. Take 16 prescribed meds per day. :(
13 Mos Post-op (06 March 2019). Still long wtg. I h8 my chest & "bunt".
287lbs
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