Three bariatric surgery patients discuss their experiences with having bariatric surgery by Dr. Baranov at Saratoga Hospital.
Narrator: These are the Voices of Saratoga Hospital shared moments and insights to help us all understand a little bit more about the constantly changing world of health and care close to home.
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Interviewer:
These are the voices of Saratoga Hospital. Shared moments and insights to help us all understand a little bit more...
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Interviewer:
These are the voices of Saratoga Hospital...
It was scary. Some patients go straight to the ICU, but a lot of them come to our floor first, and it's crazy how many would then end up in the ICU within hours, some within the next day or two.
And then we would wait for them to come back to us...
Nurse 1:
The first thing I remember is … we kind of got this high alert message. And I don't think that at that time we knew that it was going to be hitting us so soon. But I think that was the moment that it really got real.
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I had lived a life of addiction for many years. And, it took some time for me to finally wake up and say, "Hey, this isn't working. This is a problem. I'm not going to live if I continue down this path.
This is a disease that prefers you be in the dark by yourself...
Lori:
My name is Lori. I've been coming to Community Health now for a little over a year.
I went to the hospital. I had an episode. Nobody knew what it was at the time. I was in intensive care for a week. A...
If somebody is not feeling well, how do you fix it? That's what it means, right, to palliate, to support, to treat symptoms. It's not taking away care. It's actually adding more care, specialized care for seriously ill people to help them and their families. And I always accentuate their families.
Being in this space with people where it's just so vulnerable and raw. It's such a humbling experience to be in that space. It’s an honor...
Here is a story about two doctors, their strong passion for p...
My first surgery here at Saratoga Hospital, I walked into the OR, and all of a sudden, I got a text message and there was the picture of the scheduling board, and it said, Reynolds in room four and Reynolds in room five. My brother was in the OR right next to me. That first day was really special.
This story is about family. A sister and a brother, the influence of their parents, and how, while their paths took them to different places, their shared passion for medicine ultimately brought them back toge...