Make an appointment. Then wait. And wait. Have surgery, have some problems, make a follow up appointment and wait. Yesterday I waited for an hour after my appointment time, and was in the waiting room with people who were there before me. Rescheduled for today and its now a half hour past my appointment and I'm still in the waiting room. The receptionist and nurse keep apologizing but I've wasted all this time away from work to sit in a waiting room. Maybe next time they could tell me as I'm sitting there in front of them instead of my having to wonder what's taking so long after a half hour. Will update after the appointment. read more

If I could make the number of stars negative, I would!! Dr. Bateman removed my thyroid and apparently during surgery damaged or removed my parathyroid. I was supposed to be in the hospital over night and was there 6 days!! He then let me go home and I had to go to ambulatory care at the hospital Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri and then to the ER on Sat and Sun for IV calcium and potassium...this went on for 6 WEEKS!!! He never once saw me again and sent his nurse practitioner in to take my stitches out. He turned it over to his wife (she's a doctor too) to set my iv doses. Well after 57 IV sticks (and me begging for a central line that he declined when called) and 6 weeks of the same mess, I went to Birmingham. Dr, Bateman promised my parathyroid was still there and would pick back up in within a few weeks...is what he said. I went to the head of endocrinology at UAB and he said there was no presence of a parathyroid!! They did scans and extensive bloodwork. So every time I get a fever or bad stomach bug I end up in the hospital and I have had many complications because it causes low calcium (hypocalcaemia). I never had blood pressure issues until this and because of the parathyroid issue it causes me to have high blood pressure, well now my kidneys are failing due to all of this. I was told I couldn't sue beacuse it was a risk associated with the thyroidectomy, even though he never pointed that out to me. I WOULD NOT SEND EVEN SOMEONE I DISLIKE TO THIS MAN!!! read more