My husband was referred to Dr Steiger about three years ago. I immediately liked him. He explained what he suspected could be the problem but did not rush to any conclusion until all the facts were in. It did turn out that his suspicions were right, my husband had bladder cancer. He explained the course of action that he wished to take, explaining to us the exact procedures that he would take from the one day surgery to the follow up treatments, which were preformed at St Bernard's in Jonesboro. He even suggested that if we had any doubts or concerns to feel free to get a second opinion. That thought never even crossed our minds, we felt so comfortable with Dr Steiger from day one. He preformed the surgery, he (personally) updated me every step of the way. Then one year later, he discovered another small growth at one of my husbands check up. He said that he would have to do another surgery to remove it but that we wouldn't have to do any follow up treatments. Again, we knew we were in good, caring hands. Sadly enough we recently had our last appointment with Dr Steiger because apparently the AMMC doesn't want him to perform surgeries at their hospital anymore, so he has been "voted out" I guess you could call it. When I called to get the result from my husband blood work, Dr Steiger, again, got on the phone, "personally" to tell me that everything came back normal and all was well, but wanted to stress the fact that we needed to call his (soon to be) former office to set up an appointment with his replacement physician and how important it was for my husband to have a check up every for months and that this would be a permanent routine for the rest of his life to ensure that his cancer does not return and if it does, how important it is to catch it early. I expressed our gratitude for everything that he had done for us and that he would be terribly missed. I can't tell you how many times I said that Dr Steiger was the only thing keeping us sane throughout this whole life changing experience and now we feel so unsure of what the future may hold for us.
Why are all the good doctors disappearing? Is it because they care about their patients? We will never forget you Dr Steiger. Thank you so much for your care and support. read more