I wish I had a video recorder. Childish behavior might be a reasonable description, but I'm no sociologist. Then again, when the Doctor, closes your file, pushes himself away from you across the room and crosses his arms, I suspect, he is using the maximum body language of, "I'm not listening to you and I and shutting you out".
That's exactly what he did. Why you might ask? Well, if you go to a doctor and ask a question, they usually seem pretty good at answering, that is the relationship they feel most comfortable with. In my case, I was asked some questions and my answers put him into a tail spin.
For instance.
Question by Doctor: "Why are you taking this medication?"
Answer from patient: "I was prescribed this medication when I inquired about my symptoms many years ago. Ive been using it and have found a good level and method that works for me. I do XX and take XYZ XX times a week. I've been taking this medication for many years now as described"
Doctor: "I can't agree with that, It's not supposed to be like that"
Patient: "Doctor, I do this to avoid the issues associated with the method you are suggesting. Am I not correct in what I've said?"
Doctor: "Yes but I can't agree"
Patient: "But look at my blood work, you have all my data right in front of you, Am I at risk?"
By this point, he was already shutting me out rather then discussing my treatment. He agreed my blood work was fine and agreed no issues but was so firm in rejecting everything I was saying, I finally asked him, to please explain something... It was a rhetorical question. In other words, I knew he couldn't answer because he was wrong and I wasn't asking him to argue, I was asking him to postulate why the point he had taken was so perfectly correct.
He became highly agitated, and insisted I was wrong and he had by this time shut me down from even discussing my treatment as his position was in total opposition. Even though many other doctors whom I've used over the years were not having any issues with the protocol, Doctor Damiani literally pushed away from the table after closing my file and crossed his arms.
This doctor is incompetent in so far as he has zero ability to digest data. He is going to prescribe you, if your lucky, the crap the sales guys walk in and tell him to prescribe. Forget having an intelligent discourse and using any of your own knowledge in his office.
I'm not simply bad mouthing this Doctor, I'm warning you, don't expect to get a good doctor to give you good treatment if his name is Damiani You will get his way or the highway. Turns out, some guys just don't like reading after they get that diploma and leave the concept of learning behind them at graduation. The title is all they need, You are a meme. Don't expect your own understanding of your body, your condition, your treatments and any research you have done to be allowed into the conversation. I wasn't allowed to have even the slightest discussion once he found anything that wasn't automatically agreeable.
I've learned you need to use your own mind to find solutions. No doctor is that smart. Once you find ways to get yourself the best treatment, you should always make it known to your doctor what is working and what isn't.
Doctor Damiani has no room for intelligent patients.
Go somewhere else. This place is a mill house for Fat Sick and stupid people. At least that was what I gathered from the waiting room and his ridiculous behavior.
If this guy swore an oath to do no harm and protect his patients, I can attest, he gave not one iota about that as I left his office with him knowing I was going to need medications yet he allowed me to walk away.
Thanks for nothing Doctor Damiani, and to think, he billed my insurance company full for that BS.
In conclusion. You are far better off looking for a professional that will listen rather then close your file, push away from the table across the room and cross his arms with a scowl on his face. read more