For my uninsured family, this place is a God-send. I was desperate to find a doctor that would see…read morethat I was a concerned mother in need of someone who would continue my son's prescriptions for asthma inhalers, without trying to drag me through the mud with accusations of not finding a good pulmonary doctor or applying for state welfare for medical care, mandating additional tests, talking down to me, or playing experiments with my son's care by putting him on the newest/latest drug (or even one that the Dr. got kickbacks on for prescribing).
When I spoke to Dr. Samadi, it was surprisingly pleasant. He was straight forward, listened to us, expressed an interest in becoming my son's primary physician (if only I was interested), did not question me on our choice for inhaler, and spoke to both my son and I as if we were intelligent, respectable beings. My son is 13, going on 14 soon. He deserves to be treated with respect regarding his own health, and spoken to in a mature manner. I find often doctors will talk "around" the patient instead of to them, if they are a child, even if they are a teenager. Dr. Samadi did no such thing.
We saw a listing of prices before we stepped into the doctor's office, and knew right up front what our expected costs would be. Since my son was having an asthma attack on the spot, during the visit, Dr. Samadi offered a steroid shot for my son, and told me the price up front as well. My husband and I ran the numbers for our finances when Dr. Samadi gave us a few moments alone to privately talk, and we found that we could afford it. As agreed, the price was exactly what we expected, and my son got immediate care.
Dr. Samadi provided enough prescription for my son for two months, which gave us enough time to save up the $250 for the first of three visits for doing a thorough physical examination for my son, to make Dr. Samadi his primary physician. Usually, the Dr.'s we've seen will only give my son one month at a time, which means sometimes my son will lapse a week or two if we can't swing the hefty doctor office visit fee. And usually, the doctor is never the same at other places, so we find it hard to know that we can trust who we are dealing with. Plus, we almost always get flack for being "cash customers". He also gave us a prescription for nebulizer treatments since we let him know we have a nebulizer and use it, and in addition to his maintenance inhaler, he gave us another rescue inhaler to travel with us. He really has no idea how handy those were for us, as we had to lapse 10 days because our pay check came in 10 days after my son's maintenance inhaler run out - and we had to use those other treatments to float us through and keep my son well until we could afford to use the refill he gave us on the maintenance inhaler.
Dr. Samadi impressed me greatly with his direct way of dealing with us and eased my worries of having to fight with, yet another, egotistical doctor who would treat his patient like some idiot. He did great, and is the doctor my son and I chose together to be who handles my son's asthma needs. I appreciate him and his facility. Today, we go for our first of three visits to make him my son's primary physician. When I can save enough money up, he will also become my daughter's primary physician.
Thank you Trinity XpressMed and thank you dear Dr. Samadi. If you only knew what nightmares I have been through with my son and the medical system, you would know why your facility and the way you treated us means so much to us. The first day we visited you, in our distress and panic, thinking our son would wind back up in the hospital again - you have no idea how scared I was, and how incredible good I felt after we left your facility later that evening. I actually cried at the relief of finally finding a good doctor once again. You were kind, gentle, direct, respectful, and informative. I couldn't ask for a better doctor for my children.
