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He did my surgery 8 days ago! He is great! His staff is wonderful!!

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He did my surgery 8 days ago! He is great! His staff is wonderful!!

Awesome...how r u doing

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I feel great! I was in the hospital for 2 nights, bug have been home on my own since! (I live alone) . Have not taken any pain meds since an hour post op! I would recommend him and his staff, they have been wonderful!!

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I feel great! I was in the hospital for 2 nights, bug have been home on my own since! (I live alone) . Have not taken any pain meds since an hour post op! I would recommend him and his staff, they have been wonderful!!

That is awesome to hear. Ya I have heard great things about him. Do you mind me asking why he kept u two nights is that normal?

I just scheduled my endo and sleep study consults for August so I can schedule those start of Sept. Then just my monthly nutrionist appointments. ...time will fly I'm sure.

Ordered my Vitamins online huge sale so decided let's start taking them now get use to them.

Glad to hear doing well.. ...

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My surgery was scheduled for 1pm Monday didn't go in until 4. Had a tough time coming out of anesthesia and didn't take in any fluids orally until Tuesday afternoon. I am a nurse and I wanted to ensure I stayed well hydrated and opted to stay the extra night! I never took pain meds after Monday night.

I had my first visit with him on 5/1/14 and had the procedure 6 weeks later. My insurance is pretty quick and easy to get approved!

If you have any questions I would be happy to answer them!

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By the way where is the Vitamin sale??

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Thank ypu as time goes on I am sure I will have questions....appreciate it

Sale was at puritan.com

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I had my surgery with Dr Ballem one month ago. I highly recommend him. Office staff was wonderful. 2 night hospital stay was wonderful. I am a RN and thought everything was great! Even my PCP spoke highly of him and his staff.

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I had my surgery with Dr Ballem one month ago. I highly recommend him. Office staff was wonderful. 2 night hospital stay was wonderful. I am a RN and thought everything was great! Even my PCP spoke highly of him and his staff.

his staff seems great and a lot of great reviews on him. 45 more days till my surgery getting excited.

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