As a woman, I loathe going to a doctor for the first time. They don't know me and it's a 50/50 shot if I feel they pass the empathy test. Doctors who don't pass are filed away in my "In it for the money" memory file never to be returned to. This guy was one of those.
I went in with knee pain and an MRI report revealing a slew of issues another doctor later confirmed. This guy told me he saw only one of those things on the MRI and recommended I lose weight and keep my weight off of it. Well duh! Tough to do when you can barely walk, but I've been working at that for some time. By the way, he never bothered to read the report.
He did a weighted X-ray, after quasi rolling his eyes while I told my story, and said I had bone on bone on one side. You see the inconsistency? He diagnosed me with a weight issue for one knee and then did an X-ray coming up with another diagnosis. Get real.
I then literally had to go on a fishing expedition of potential help for the pain of which one he said ok with. It's been several weeks and I've heard nothing back as to the authorization from insurance.
The only reason for two stars is because the receptionist was nice and so was the nurse.
And another thing, when you have a patient in your waiting room in extreme pain, wasn't me, you really should do something to help them and not make them wait so long. I don't know what the circumstances were but it was pretty tough to watch as I waited for my appointment. She was there before me and I was seen before she was. I felt terrible. My wait time was 45 minutes. read more