(Unfinished; written in 2016)
I was referred to Dr. Li by my primary physician. She said he's really good at what he does, and coincidentally her sister-in-law had him as her OB.
Dr. Li was very nice. But soon I noticed that he is not very informative. This is the first pregnancy for me and my husband, and we were pretty much clueless. But, Dr. Li didn't tell us anything. I have initially told him we don't know what to expect so don't know what questions to ask, yet every time after the ultra sound, we go to his office, he'll just ask us "got any questions for me?" He had never proactively offered us any tips or info we should know at any stage of our pregnancy.
By the time I noticed I figured it was too late to change doctors so just dealt with it. I've learned to ask some questions from books and magazines I was reading subsequently but Dr. Li seems to avoid answering my questions - I don't know why - with either humor or some smartass comments. My husband was oblivious to this. When I told him how frustrated I was with Dr. Li, he just said he thought he (Dr. Li) was funny.
Time came to fill out leave paperwork required by my employer. I had 15 days to have it completed but in actuality I had only 11 days because of mail-delivery time. To be considerate and sensitive to Dr. Li's time, I e-mailed him the same day I got the paperwork (Fri, May 6), asking him if I should send the paperwork to him ahead of time, ahead of our appointment the following week (Sat, May 14). I didn't get a response back. But, I didn't want to follow up because I didn't want to appear pushy. So, a week after the e-mail I sent him, I brought the paperwork with me to our appointment.
The receptionist asked me if what I had with me was leave paperwork, and proceeded to ask me when I need it by. Since a week had already gone by, plus it took a few days for the packet to get to me, I only had 3 more days from the day of the appointment to return the paperwork back to my employer (by Tues, May 17). She wrote the date down, asked me for a fax number, and told me there is a $15 paperwork fee.
Come May 17 I have not yet received the paperwork so I called the office to check on the status. It was then I was told that the person who fills out such forms for Dr. Li typically goes in to the office on Thursdays and Fridays. I was surprised to learn about that, and was disappointed that it was not communicated to me when the receptionist knew when I needed the forms back by. When I said something, her response was "you don't want us to make any mistakes on the form, right?" She should have told me when she got the paperwork that it wouldn't be done by the date I needed it back by. And I certainly did not appreciate her condescending tone. read more