Kim H.
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Straub Clinic & Hospital
"I highly recommend Straub hosp. to anyone, the staff and my surgeon, Dr. John Balfour were terrific. They treated my kindly, and were very attentive. My room was private and very nice. The nurses were right there when I needed them. After having major surgery, you really need people who will care for you and have a good bedside manner, I feel I got that here. "

John Balfour
"I waited in the waiting room about an hour, I don't know if that is normal or not but it wasn't too bad, but once I got called in I didn't have to wait long. I got a mini-physical, which impressed me, I didn't know he would do that, then we discussed everything. He was very nice. He only does the surgery open, and he explained in no uncertain terms that, that is the only way he would do this surgery. He said that this surgery has to be so precise that you need to be able to see everything and be able to measure everything accuarately. He said he does many surgeries laproscopically and thinks that is a good way to go for some surgeries but NOT this one. This is coming from a surgeon who has been in practice for over 20 years and done over 400 of these surgeries (and hasn't lost a patient). That means a lot to me. I have also been told by other post ops that when he is doing the surgery, before he closes you up he checks all your organs to make sure everything looks good, and because of that he has found some problems in people that would otherwise not have been discovered. That is nice to know too. He is very thorough. "
About Me
New London, CT
Location
45.3
BMI
RNY
Surgery
02/16/2001
Surgery Date
Dec 12, 2000
Member Since
Before & After
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Taken Feb. 15th, 2001, day before surgery. I can't believe I let myself get this way...:o(
256lbs
6 months post-op ...... Now this is more like it :o).....
140lbs
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