Dr. Le did so many negligent things during my time as his patient that I've struggled to write a succinct review summarizing everything. First, he and his so-called insurance coordinator, BT, spent months telling me that my insurance company wasn't possibly going to approve IVF until I went through multiple (and potentially life-threatening) failed IUI cycles. This was 100% incorrect. After months of being unable to even get to IUI due to cysts and/or overstimulated ovaries (not to mentioned a blocked tube that Dr. Le diagnosed but failed to mention presented a risk of ectopic pregnancy), I finally looked into my insurance information myself and found out that IVFMD had gotten it wrong. My insurance would have - and did - approve me to go straight to IVF. I went through months of suffering in an effort to do IUI for nothing.
I also wasted almost $2,500 of my $10,000 lifetime insurance maximum on fertility drugs that Dr. Le prescribed me for the IUI process. Dr. Le's thoughts on this? "Give the drugs to someone else if you don't need them - it's good karma." No, "good karma" would be you reimbursing me for the drugs you had me buy for multiple failed, unnecessary, and reckless IUI attempts. It's not me giving my prescription drugs to other people, which could get me sent to PRISON.
I suffered serious side effects from the medications I was being given, to the point that I needed to inform my employer of what was going on because I was too physically ill to work. Dr. Le repeatedly dismissed my symptoms (extreme lightheadedness and dizziness, to the point it was hard to stand up) as "work stress." He even dismissed my irregular period as the "stress" of being a lawyer, and he was dismissive when I told him my period had been irregular years before I became a lawyer. I finally insisted that he do further testing for a hormone imbalance and stop blaming my symptoms on "stress." He did the testing (saying, "the more you ask, the more we'll test"), and - turns out - I have a genetic endocrine disorder. Even after this diagnosis, Dr. Le minimized my symptoms and actually seemed angry when I asked if he would be willing to prepare FMLA paperwork for me while I went through IVF (the answer was "No! Just let me focus on trying to get you pregnant!"). Dr. Le then tried AGAIN to push me to try IUI EVEN THOUGH I had ANOTHER cyst on my ovaries, despite the fact that he had canceled a prior IUI cycle because I had a cyst on my ovaries. And, again, this is after I told him I wanted to go straight to IVF because my insurance allowed me to do so (and it was financially in my best interest to go straight to IVF anyway and stop wasting my limited insurance coverage on unsuccessful attenpts to do IUI). When I asked for clarification as to why one cyst made it so we couldn't do IUI but another one wasn't a problem, he got angry with me for questioning him and refused to answer. I had expected some kind of distinction as to the relative sizes of the cysts, perhaps, but there was no justification for his negligence.
My experience was so degrading and invalidating, and I'm lucky I had an understanding employer who supported me more than my doctor did. The only "stress" I had during this painful ordeal was caused by IVFMD. This is all not to mention the incompetent staff I had to deal with, but that's another story. read more