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Everyone at Methodist hospital and the Bariatric Center, the surgeons, the nurses they were all fabulous. The whole process was a great experience. The staff at the bariatric Center and the nurses at the Methodist Hospital were very in tune to my needs and were very helpful in all my questions and responded appropriately. I highly recommend both Methodist Hospital in the bariatric surgery center there at the hospital as well.
The surgeons and staff at the Park Nicollet/Methodist Hospital are second to NONE! Everyone in the bariatric surgery department are spectacular, and the other departments staff are great too. I've been to a LOT of doctors and clinics in my life, some good and some bad. But Park Nicollet/Methodist Hospital is BAR NONE the best of them all!
Overall, I would say I had an excellent experience. Pre-operative preparations went very smoothly, surgery and recovery were excellent. I had some arrythmia's during recovery and the decision was made for me to stay overnight for observation in a monitored bed. However, this bed was not on the bariatric unit. So while the general care in th telemetry unit was excellent, it was geared towards the needs of a "heart" pt and not necessarily to the needs of a post-op bariatric patient. The staff was not necessarily aware of the specialized requirements of the post-op bariatric diet etc as it was not a specialized bariatric unit.
My last night was a nightmare with 3 of the nursing staff regarding my pain medications and helping me with my needs. Basically I was denied pain medication and completely ignored as far as getting help to get up to use the bathroom, walk the hallways, change my IV...need I go on? A formal complaint was made at patient relations. It sure would be nice to hear if the nurses involved were reprimanded or not.
I had never had to stay over night in a hospital but have had many friends and family who have. Going into the surgery I had many concerns regarding how good my hospitalization would be. However, I was pleasently suprised because staying at methodist was nice, not uncomfortable (besides surgery related pains), mostly quiet, food was delicious (broth and jello... yum) Everyone was so nice and nonjudgemental. I was impressed and was even hesitant to go home.
Methodist has a wonderful bariatric surgery program, with the best surgeons in the metro. The rooms/beds/everything is VERY accommodating to obese people. The bariatric program has its own wing where you meet other post-ops taking their walks down the hall. The nurses on the floor were GREAT! My only complaint is the care I received in the recovery room. I was in terrible pain, and the nurse attending me 'bribed' me with getting out of recovery sooner (to see my family) if I didn't take any more pain meds in recovery. So I suffered... Only to be transfered to my room, where my family wasn't even notified until three hours later when I woke up asking where they were. The RECOVERY NURSE had FORGOTTEN to page them to let them know they could see me in my room (needless to say they were pretty worried by that time too)! I was pretty upset about that, in fact, 14 months later, it still burns me. I was desparate to have a dark quiet recovery experience, and instead all the nurses were standing around talking about the fall invasion of the ladybugs! I wanted so bad to shout to them to shut the F*** up, and now wish I would have. My recovery room experience would never deter me from having surgery with Dr. S....honestly, after much research, it is my opinion he is the best surgeon in the city.