Dianne C.
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Penrose- St. Francis Weight Loss Surgery Institute
"The hospital staff was friendly and one particular nursing student helped me alot by getting me a reclining chair. It's hard to sleep in the bed all the time, so that helped. For new patients, I would ask for one right off the bat! I wish I could have been closer to home (about 1 1/2 hours away), as I ended up having to stay in the hospital by myself for three of the 6 days I was there due to my husband work constraints. "

Paul O'Rourke
"Dr. O'Rourke seemed like a very kind, compassionate man. He presented the information in an "easy to absorb" manner and listened to any questions or comments my husband & I had. He was very enthusiastic about WLS and it's benefits, but also brought up the possible complications and stressed that this was a tool for weight loss, not a total solution. I spoke first with a staff member, Marilyn. She walked my husband and I through all of the pre/post operative process. She was very nice and presented the WLS information well. I had done a lot of research on my own, and Marilyn's presentation was a good confirmation that there is excellent information on the web. We discussed the insurance/money side of the procedure as well. I traveled 1 1/2 hours to go to Dr. O'Rourke and would recommend him to anyone. He does practice with other doctors who perform the surgery and I'm not informed about any of the other surgeons. From what I understand they assign on a rotating basis, so I was very fortunate to get Dr. O'Rourke. It is now 6 days post op and I still have wonderful things to say about Dr. O'Rourke, even though I'm still hurting. He's got a great reputation with hospital staff and has excellent beside manner. I felt the follow-up information he gave was fine and look forward to seeing him again in 2 weeks. I was disappointed in the hospital itself though. I don't want to take away from the nurses, CNA's and houskeeping staff that did an excellent job, but I had to ask for toilet paper to be filled twice, ran out of paper towels in the bathroom and had to ask to get those refilled and didn't even get a box of tissue until my last day in the hospital. And that was on a weekend when I was told they didn't have many patients. I haven't been in a hospital for quite some time, so maybe that is the standard now...I don't know. "
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Brighton, CO
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47.5
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Jul 09, 2000
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