"I was very well taken care of in ICU but when I had to stay 3 days on surgery floor the nurses would take forever to answer my light. I was left on commode for 45 minutes they came in an dtold me they would help me after they admitted a new patient. I was in tears my legs were going numb. That floor was busy so they wouldn't come for awhile or I waited an hour for pain meds after calling for them, I was re admitted after I was home for a week an dthat stay was alot better but I was on a different floor. The DR's were very nice and great at answering all my questions it was just a few ignorant people that work there who don't know how to be polite to the patient but theres that everywhere."
"My first impression of Dr. Coster was great he had a nice smile on his face. He shok my hand and asked who where the people with me. He is a very kind DR. I no sooner sat down in his office and the nurse cam right out and took me in she weighed me an dtook my vitals she was very nice and helpful. The office was small and very quiet. I dont have anything that I did not like about him because he explained everything to me before I could even ask he allready answered what I needed to know. He explained to me how many deaths he has had he said 2 but he explained why they were from blood clots and the people where really obese and they did not walk like they were suppose to after surgery. He told me becaus eof problems that I have with my lungs that he was going to keep me a few days longer then others and in ICU for a couple of days plus he was going to have the university of Iowa place a filter in me before surgery since I had a blood clot before and I am on blood thinner also. he explained that I should do ok as long as I wiggle my legs alot while I'm in bed and he told me that he would have me up walking right after surgery and that his staff and him were not going to spoil me that they were going to be very stern on me as for walking so I dont get blood clots and heal quicker and if I listen I should do well he said I had a 14% chance of dyeing a little higher then some due to my health at the moment. I have heard he is a great DR. I think surgical competence is more importantthen bedside manner but I heard he has both so I'm not worried about that. I will update after my surgery. The one thing I do not like is that the lady that takes care of his paperwork to send our info to insurance company is not good at returning phone calls it takes her around 2 weeks to get back that is very frustrating and then she takes along time before she sends the info to insurance company. If it wasn't for him being such a great surgeon I would of went somewhere else just because of that. We are allready stressed and wonder what our insurance companies will say to have to deal with our paper work not getting sent right away."
