Karen N.
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Henry Ford Macomb Hospital - Warren Campus (COE)
"This is an older hospital; semi-private rooms are small and VERY crowded. It was difficult to manuever IV poles & lines to get to the doorway and/or bathroom. Staff was generous to a fault about visiting; I really wished my roomate and her family had had some other place to go to visit en masse. A lounge area would have been nice for a group like that. Staff was very nice; there's always one nurse, ya know, who shouldn't be there... "

Michael H. Wood
"Dr. Wood is part of the Liv-Lite company. Before you see the great and powerful Oz, you need to go thru some hoops. You must be a)pre-approved by your insurance company, b) have your psych exam and c) have an H pylori test done. You should first contact Liv-Lite at their 800#, give 10 minutes worth of personal health & dieting history. They will then contact your insurance company for approval. Trust them, they are experts at this. Kudos to Donna Mark for her follow through. Once you have insurance pre-approval, you may call Dr. Wood's office and schedule a consult, and schedule the psych exam and lab work for before the consult. The current procedure for the consult is that they schedule 4 or 5 people at once for an initial run-thru of his procedures, followed by individual consultations and Q&A. Warning: you should allow at least 4 hours for this. They do not schedule all of you at once, nor do they tell you this is a group consult. Nor do they tell you why you are waiting so long. Bad, bad. When I went, they didn't even have a bariatric scale. Yeah, yeah, they had moved offices, but puh-lease, this seems to be a fairly required item for a bariatric surgeon's office. I had seen Dr. Wood at his monthly 'support' group mtg previous to the consult, so I knew what to expect. He is quiet, courteous, dignified and wants people to succeed. He also has a great sense of humor, but you may not see that immediately. He is very skilled; check his CV. He does address the risks of surgery and answers all questions exhaustively. I rate his surgical competence and his bedside manner as excellent. I felt I was in very good hands, and I was very confident. I did think that, given my medication list and history, Dr. Wood should have been more prepared for some of the medication questions I experienced, however, he was willing to listen to my opinions. Dr. Wood has monthly meetings where the procedure is covered; these are an excellent informational source. These mtgs are always supposed to be the aftercare support mtgs; I think this could be improved. Comments regarding the hospital are found under the rating hospitals section."
About Me
Troy, MI
Location
37.1
BMI
Apr 25, 2002
Member Since
Before & After
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June 25, 2002
385lbs
June, 2003
238lbs
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