U.W. of Madison WI Hospital

Many trainees observed the suture areas.
They agreed the bandages should be changed but didn't do it. The nurses didn't change them either and the doctor only looked at them one day. I had to go home and change them myself. Only one was changed at the hospital which was blown up like a small baloon full of blood. Everyone seems to observe in this hospital and no one seems to do the actual nursing care. When leaving I was not offered a wheel chair and when I asked they acted like it was an imposition to wheel me to the door so I walked a long distance to the entrance of the hospital and a long distance to my car to be driven home. All in all, it was one of the worse experiences I have ever had in a hospital and I will make sure I never use this hospital again.

I was a little disappointed that the gowns were not made for bigger people. I felt at times they must have been understaffed.

I thought the hospital was overall poor.The only good thing was the nurses. My pain management was so bad after the epidural came out I was up crying for three days.The Dr's I had refused to give me morphine after taking me off a Duiladid epidural and decided to instead give me vicodin. I told them several times that it was not working and that I was in so much pain I couldnt sleep.They then added ibprofen thats right over the counter ibprofen after major surgery for pain relief. I was so miserable from all the pain and after 3 night of no sleep that I called my primary Dr to get me released so that she could handle my pain management. In addition to that the kitchen staff was very incompetant bringing me milk everyday I was there even though I told them I was lactose intolerant,bringing me tomato soup everyday even though I told them it made me ill,and just being overall rude.In all the whole time I was in the hospital I was in pain and hungry because everything I was brought to eat wasnt edible and the pain management was laughable. I do not feel I am being harsh as I also work in healthcare and I have never seen such an overall bad hospital with such disregard for its patients recovery and comfort.

I have nothing negative to say.

Everything went amazingly well. The staff and everyone involved was very helpful and friendly. My stay was comfortable and relaxing. They answered all my questions and made me feel very calm.

Nurses and nursing assistants were competent. My needs were always met in a timely manner. The rooms were clean and well-organized in case of an emergency. No complaints.

My surgeon and care were excellent!

As noted above - I knew what I had to do, but there was little explaination on things I had to beg for pain meds. I was discharged after 3 days with a 3 inch bedsore, my ankles were swollen, because they had no stools to raise up my feet nor a comfortable chair to sit it - with the bed sore it was painful to lie on my back more than a few hours and moving in and out of be was hard - by myself - I got my period the day after surgery they had not pads to be offered a male nurse finally found me some ABD pads that helped, but all in all it was hard to bend and wipe and most nurses thought I was a baby - but with the huge abdominal surgical scare it was hard to reach - I complained to the nursing administration and Dr. Starling after this episode and was told it was the fault of poor staffing and the lack of nurses available - Dr. starling also said that people with obesity problems had psychological baggage that comes with them and that after reviewing my records there was no mention of the bed sore - of course I have the scar to prove it and I'm not surprised it was not documented - no one really cared to help me and I begged to be discharged by the 3rd day because I wanted to have someone wash my back attend to my bedsore and rest with my feet up in a lazy boy.
would I do it again - yes - I still think my success in weight loss is because of Dr. Starling's competence.
It is the best thing I have every done and am happy with my results after almost 3 years.