I went to this clinic in hopes of finding a more holistic approach to some issues I was having. My first visit was pleasant, the staff was friendly, the doctor was kind. I was really hopeful because this clinic had great reviews. I didn't love the fact that weight loss was pushed so much from the treatments, to posters everywhere -- I just think as a doctor weight loss isn't always the first step or the main goal. As a woman who always tries to be comfortable in her body, It just rubbed me the wrong way. But hey, whatever right?
I had my blood drawn for a panel I was told was specific to their practice and would probably cost me 100-150 to complete, which I was fine with. The doctor said I'd need to come back to review the blood work with her once the results were in.
My second appointment is where I started seeing a lot of issues and was very turned off. I was in the room waiting for the doctor for 45 minutes past my appointment time, which, I know things happen. I was anxious because I had other plans that day.
When the doctor finally came in she reviewed my blood work and gave me a copy. And as anyone with a chronic illness will tell you, I had questions regarding some of the concerning numbers. I asked what type of vitamin D was tested and instead of just saying "I'm not sure I'll have to check on that" I was told it was the one that was most important and hurried along. Most of my questions went unanswered, and I felt like they were irritating to her.
When you come into the office there is paper work to assess all body systems and how they're functioning and you basically scale them from 0-10 or something like that. Then you tally the score for a total. After rushing through my blood work (which I wasted $60 for a rushed and very late appointment) we went over the tally quickly. I'll never forget knowing how much pain I was in, how long I had gone without ovulating or a period, and the doctor telling me "well your tally score is the lowest out of all I've seen today, most women can't stop bleeding and you just want to start!". Which, was invalidating and rude -- especially since I waited almost an hour to hear that.
This was a little less than a year ago, and I still remembering how I felt leaving the office. Very defeated, like I was broken, and that my issues weren't "a big deal". She told me I needed to buy two of their supplements (Vitamin D and chaste berry) which I did. (Knowing full well that supplementing vitamin D is like supplementing synthetic hormones I stopped after a few months because it made me feel worse.) not to mention, the lab work ended up costing me $290 after insurance.
I felt compelled to write this now, because a friend of mine had a similar experience at this clinic. I was very hopeful myself after reading reviews about this place, but it definitely was not for me. This office feels like allopathic medicine with a functional price tag. read more