re:re:mt sina1

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Hi All...In regards to the care at Mt Sinai...I had the 1st part of my

bpd/ds on sept 10th. Since sept 11th is a date that has gone down in

infamy, I expect you can guess that the staff was not quite up to standards

at the time. Since there was a call for all staff who weren't " necessary "

to report to the lobby for triage, there were only 2 nurses on my floor. I

was on the 8th floor, but most of the wls surgery patients are on the 10th.

I hired an aid to stay with me for the 1st 2 days. As it happened, on the

3rd night the aid never showed up because she couldn't get into the city,

but I was able to make do on my own. There were not many nurses around, but

I was lucky and didn't need too much help. The aids were invaluable...I

strongly suggest them for at least the 1st couple of days. Hope you have a

good experience. Mine was ok...not great, but could have been worse.

****Peace and Love*****

in N.Y.

BPD/DS part 1 (sleeve gastrectomy) 9/10/01

Dr. Michel Gagner

Mt. Sinai NYC

***9/10/01 430.0 lbs bmi 62

***9/26/01 403.2 lbs bmi 58 -26.8 lbs

**10/10/01 396.2 lbs bmi 57 -33.8 lbs -17.5 inches

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I just read about your good experience at Mt Sinai. I was at Mt Sinai

too, and I think I must have been in a different Mt Sinai than you. My pain

was never managed, it was always excruiating, except for when my

daughter-in-law went to the nurses station to demand some help for my pain.

She herself is a RN in a big hospital in Virginia and knows what care should

be given. I had severe nausua, which was known by the nurses, but no one

gave me anything for it, even thought there is a standing order for it after

surgery, until my daughter-in-law questioned them about it. I was never

offered ice chips, someone had to always go ask for them or get them on

their

own. I was never instructed how to get out of bed, how to care for myself.

My 2nd morning the catheter (sp) came apart, and when it was discovered, I

was let lay in my urine for a couple hours until someone had TIME to help me

out of bed and change my bedding. And the orderly who did this was in my

room

changing the bedding of the lady next to me, and she was leaving that day.

But there was no time for me. When my family asked to speak to a

supervisor

about the care I was receiving, security escorted them out of the hospital.

My husband was denied access to the hospital one morning because I did not

exist, so they told him. I could go on with other things that happened. I

think the whole tone of my time at Mt Sinai has set the recovery tone for

me,

which has been terrible also. I have had 2 incisions become infected. I am

nauseated almost all the time. I have to have home nursing come in every

day

to change my dressings and repack my incisions. I sure hope everyone who

reads this has a better experience than I did.

Sheri

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