My grandmother had moved in with me temporarily from Orlando due to a recent diagnosis of breast cancer so she could get treated at Moffitt in Tampa, her previous Primary Doctor suggested that we get a new doctor closer to me so we wouldn't have to travel 2+ hrs away to she her if an emergency or need was to arise at least until she felt better. Before I rant on let me begin by saying that women nurse staff were very nice and this does not reflect my feeling towards them* Ok so he had us waiting over 35 mins just to be placed from the main wait room to wait another 15 mins inside the office wait room. Finally when he came in and we explain the circumstances that brought us in, this cad of a man look in my grandmother's face and told her that he didn't want to deal with her case because 1 she was only going to be here 6-8 months and he doesn't what to waste his "TIME" building a rapport with someone who is going to leave, and 2 because he doesn't "like to deal with Moffitt patients." He said that he has his own cancer team and that is all he deals with. How a 2 hr drive isn't too long and how Moffitt is full of specialist and to find someone there to help her. So she's suppose see them for her asthma and other stuff be serious its a cancer institute and they are limited to what they can and can not do. She had wheezing and her blood pressure was elevated prior to him coming in and he didn't care, he stood up and open the door and said have a good day and proceeded to practically kick us out his office. The thing that killed me is I'm trying to keep my composure because I don't want to stress my grandmother, because she is stressed enough and we just say ok and leave. When we get in the car my grandmother starts crying. I try to console her by telling her it's better to know now what a disgusting POS he is then get treated poorly later. The worst part was she was low on asthma meds and she had to wait 30 days to change primary care doctor even after we told the insurance what happen. I had to give her my asthma meds since we use about the same stuff just so we could have her covered to deal with all the information and stress of what is going to happen moving forward with her breast cancer. Sometimes I wonder if it pays to be sweet and polite, because my Grandmother is 74 and so sweet and gets treated like ... and you see these people who act foolish and get more respect is that what it takes to be respected. He is an educated medically professional who should have some code to uphold to care for those in need and it isn't like he's doing it for free. read more
