Years ago circa 2000, I went to Dr Hardy when he was actively "promoting " himself with a team of other specialists in hotel ballrooms for the treating of Sleep Apnea? I booked an appointment with him and was given an overnight sleep test that later proved to be incomprehensible when I chose to go to a more competent Doctor in Charlotte.
I later found out that Dr Hardy had formerly worked at Presbyterian Hospital SleepCenter,
where I received a second opinion, but had left Presbyterian when he was disallowed for billing the hospital as both sleep doctor and department administrator.
He was in the process of ' building ' his own practice when he examined and advised me.
Dr Hardy prescribed a CPAP machine for me that caused more trouble than relief. He also insisted that I take Trazadone for a sleep aid and added that the drug was so good that he
himself took it! Rather unprofessional I might add?
I tried Trazadon and reported to him that it gave me stomach aches and he responded incredulously
" that was impossible " . I later refused to pay his bill since he and his staff were so completely unprofessional and additionally mailed him a symptom list of Trazadone with Nausea highlighted in yellow. It didn't seem to phase him because he simply did not respond and reported me to a collection agency. Since I had the money and a great credit history, I decided to pay this half baked practitioner.
Upon arriving at my new home in Arizona, I was correctly diagnosed as having mild sleep apnea and I am only required to wear a mouth splint which serves as a snore guard.
Sleep Doctors typically recommend CPAP machines whether you need them or not.
It was actually a Pulmonologist and a specialty dentist here in Arizona that finally solved my problem to my satisfaction and with sleep tests performed in my own bed revealing oxygen blood saturations above 90% during an entire night's sleep. after I had spent ten years dealing with the inconveniences of wearing a CPAP.
I think I owe a follow up recommendation that Dr Hardy can carry with him should he proceed to misdiagnose and complicate someone else's life. Although I notice that Healthgrades has currently given him 4 stars, I challenge you, dear reader to find any doctor with less than 4 stars. I also notice that his clinic on Fairview road, Charlotte is no longer in business and his phone number 7043775337 does not repond when dialed.
Finally, Dr Hardy's night staff during the sleep test administered at his clinic was not even certified and admitted that he was only their to make sure that the data recorded during the sleep test would exceed my insurance company's( United Healthcares) requirements.
I will give Dr Hardy points for being ' enterpreneurial ' but is that is that what medicine is really about ???
Think twice about sleep tests and be sure to get a second opinion perhaps from a dentist who specializes in night guards
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