I visited Dr Fletcher on August 30th 2023. I have been seeing Dr Fletcher periodically since I was a child. We have never had a friendship besides being friendly when I would see him as a patient. The staff at the counter and the nurse who took my weight and blood pressure were extremely kind, helpful, and professional. They showed me to my room and I waited around 5 minutes before Dr. Fletcher arrived. When he entered the room, he looked me up and down and said "cut off pants, beat up combat boots, and tattoos? What happened to you?" He then proceeded to question me on my tattoos and why I have them. I was showing obvious signs of being uncomfortable and tried to change the subject multiple times but he wouldn't relent. Eventually, I was able to change the topic to the reason for my visit, but only after being forced to explain why I have my tattoos. I proceeded to tell Dr. Fletcher why I was seeing him, which was a suspected food sensitivity that led me to being nauseous and having acne breakouts on my face. When I told him of my suspected allergy/sensitivity, his reaction was extremely judgmental. Every time I was able to get a word in and explain my reasoning for correlating my food sensitivity with acne breakouts and nausea, Dr. Fletcher would scoff and tell me I was wrong, that it was unreasonable for me to have the feelings that I do, and insinuate that I was an imbecile for having the insecurities and beliefs that I had. Our conversation eventually led to the topic of hormones and I was curious if there was anything I could do in my lifestyle or diet to change or balance my hormones to wrangle in my acne. He proceeded to make a blatantly transphobic joke which made me extremely uncomfortable and was very offensive. He then went on to explain his transphobic beliefs to me.
I will never be seeing Dr. Fletcher again and would recommend searching for a different doctor if you are considering seeing Fletcher. read more