My primary care physician referred me to Dr. Orr because I'd been experiencing recurring sinus and middle ear infections.
Dr. Orr's office assistant was wonderful. She squeezed me in the morning I called because I had a middle ear infection.
My experience with Dr. Orr, however, was terrible. Upon entering the medical room, an assistant recorded my medical history and then informed me that he was going to gas my sinuses with an anti/inflammatory/analgesic to make viewing them easier. I was reluctant, given that i had yet to talk to the doctor, but consented anyhow. After being administered said gassing, I repeatedly felt as if I was going to pass out despite the fact that I was lying down in a chair. The stuff also made me feel utterly senile. The doctor came in, scoped my sinuses and looked in my ears. Despite the fact that an hour prior to arriving at his office my ears were discharging blood due to painful popping blisters, he told me that everything looked completely normal except for the presence of tremendous pressure in my eustachian tubes. When telling him that I felt like I was going to pass out, he elevated my feet above my head in the chair and that was helpful. When getting out of the chair, i expressed that I was very dizzy and faint feeling and he just hurried out, telling me it was a vaso-vagal response.
I basically spent $300 for a doctor to gas me with stupid juice, look at me for fifteen minutes, and refer me to an allergist despite the obvious presence of an acute and painful infection. He did not image my middle and inner ear, which was the entire reason I went to his office. If treating my medical predicament did not interest him, he should have spared me the $300. I have little money and no insurance and was treated as such.
In summary, I paid for a service, had a legitimate illness ignored, and was talked to like I was stupid and a waste of time. read more
