I had issues receiving proper treatment for my asthma attacks with my previous doctor, causing me to go to the ER multiple times so I went on the hunt for a new doctor. I went to Yelp to look for doctors within my plan to see there reviews, Dr Bouz had such wonderful reviews I decided to switch to him. The first visit, he was wonderful, very nice and helpful. But my 2nd visit, I guess he didn't like what I came in for, he didn't ask questions about my history to try figure things out, was upset that I looked on the internet for information on what was going on with me, they were medical sites btw, and I had to keep asking for a change in my reflux medication to see if that would help my situation. The next day, I felt really odd and called off work, I started having issues with my heart rate, I felt weird all day, my heart rate at rest maintained at 113. I didn't want to call his office, for one I didn't want to seem like a bothersome Pt, I don't usually have issues. But the following day, when I checked my blood pressure, before medication, was 132/109 with a heart rate of 132. I took my medication and waited 1 1/2hrs, started feeling weird all over again, nausea and dizzy. Tried checking my blood pressure again, and like the day before, my machine couldn't read my heart rate or bp. I didn't want to, but I called his office and left a message this morning about what was going on, at that time, I checked my heart rate and it was 81 but now, I've checked it again and it's back up to 114. This is concerning to me, my father has A Fib that caused a stroke just a year ago. Not to mention I'm still having GI issues that were never discussed because of his attitude a couple days ago that I would love addressed. Still waiting for a return call, ??? I don't know where to turn to have a doctor that actually cares about his patients anymore, I feel like they just want healthy ones!!!
UPDATE: I had to go to Urgent Care for the issue written above, they did an EKG on me and I was able to look at it, the Dr said it was both abnormal but normal as well, there was something going on in the background. Now, when I saw the results, was no different than previous EKG's I've had over the years only previous Dr's have told me they were normal. I have had increased heart rate multiple times over the years but not one Dr has asked me ANY questions about my history, if it had ever been an issue before, notta. So, the urgent care Dr made an assumption about one of my meds that I have been on for about 3 months and said it was the issue as soon as he saw it, it is an ADHD medication, but he did not recommend me to discontinue it either since it was working for me. I had gone in for nausea and dizziness, was given a prescription for zofran, I am an RN and know that yes it can be given for nausea but it is considered an antiemetic, to prevent vomiting.... I was not having an issue of vomiting. I would have preferred a prescription for phenergan. Now, since Dr's just don't seem to listen anymore, I decided I would try and figure what was going on myself. Dr Bouz had given me Ranitidine and protonix for my reflux (GERD), urgent care Dr had to tell me they are not to be taken at the same time, would have been nice if Dr Bouz or the pharmacy would have told me that. Anyways, did some alterations over the next couple days with the ranitidine and protonix and realized, I felt so much better, meaning no more nausea or dizziness when i discontinued the protonix and at least for the nausea and dizziness, and even my HR has improved since stopping this med. Now, I am still having issues with the reflux (GERD), I have had it for about 15 years so I guess it could be expected, but did not get a referral to a GI for this until my final visit recently. I still have some issues that need resolved, but since Dr Bouz felt my labs were fine that they didn't even need to be addressed. Hmmmmm, I would like some answers and some possible medication changes to test a theory, but didn't want to go there with Dr Bouz, I'd rather go to someone that is willing to listen to me and ask me the appropriate questions so we can work together. I am the patient, I am an RN, and I darn well feel that I should have a voice in my medical care/treatment. So, I am going back to my original Dr that I had seen many years ago before an insurance change that I was most happy with. He listened to me, he worked with me to find solutions, and even when an issue was resolved he'd ask me about it months later just to make sure I was still doing well. I have heard there are some issues with his staff, saw complaints on Yelp about it, BUT... I'd rather have a Dr that I am really happy with and deal with the crappy staff as best I can, than to have Dr that has decent staff but not liking the Dr at all. I want to be happy with the care I receive, I want a voice, especially since I am not ignorant when it comes to medical stuff, and Dr Bouz, is just not that Dr!! read more