I had high hopes when I booked an appointment with Dr. Neskovic. I had recently signed on with a different insurance company and was looking for a new go-to general MD nearby. I was intrigued when I found his Yelp page; there were a ton of raving reviews and he was generally received as being nice and enthusiastic about his job. This guy sounded like he was going to be the one!
Sadly, this was a far cry from what I had hoped it would be. After going in for my appointment and filling out all the first-time-patient-forms, I was told to wait in the waiting room until I would be called in.
About 20-25 minutes later, I met Dr. Neskovic. He was delighted and so unbelievably kind. All smiles and all talk about how we were going to tackle my weight issues together, as a team, and how we would become e-mail buddies by encouraging one another throughout my weight-loss journey.
Somehow, for some reason, our conversation suddenly became engulfed into a one-sided spewing promotion for a weight-loss program called, "Take Shape For Life." I sat there, taking in all the blatant promotion and plug-ins for the company, never being asked if I would even be remotely interested in going that route or not. He used up most of our appointment time telling me all the perks of the program, and eventually, he informed me of its monthly costs. Never once did I show or seem interested in the weight-loss program, but still, I decided it would be something that I could address in due time, and that, overall, the experience seemed pleasant.
He prescribed me some birth control, and a few other medications. I informed him that I had hurt my knee by accidentally twisting it, and of all the variety of pain medications that had not minimized the pain in the slightest. He asked me what I thought should be prescribed, and I merely suggested that Tylenol 3 seemed appropriate. He refused to prescribe it to me and instead prescribed me something weaker and in retrospect, completely useless in combating my strained knee pain.
After a few days of being on both medications, I had e-mailed Dr. Neskovic about how nauseating the birth control had been making me feel and how my pain was still unbearable. I told him I needed something stronger and a different birth control or that I would be switching to a new doctor immediately. He complied, and sent both prescriptions over to my pharmacy, which was a relief.
Sadly, I was still incredibly nauseous, even on a different birth control. I e-mailed him about it and later opened his reply; he was recommending me to a gynecologist who could help me further since he would and could not help me moving forward. He claimed it was now an area out of his expertise. He also included how urgent it was for me to join his program again.
Needing to be on some form of birth control, I called his office in an effort to speak with Dr. Neskovic. I was hoping he would possibly find a birth control to prescribe me for the meantime until I could see a specialist, (the urgency of being on birth control at this time was somewhat of a necessity, however, it is personal and I don't want to include it in this review). When we finally spoke, he told me that I had been e-mailing him too much. I was taken aback by his blunt delivery. As I tried to explain that I was simply notifying him of my negative experience with medications he had prescribed, he cut me off to inform me, once again, about his weight-loss program, telling me it was the best way for me to go, that I should book an appointment to see him so we could talk about it more. The phone call was rushed and I barely could believe what had just happened. Not only was he refusing to hear me out, but he had totally implied that by e-mailing him, I had become a nuisance.
That was it for me. I was tired of hearing about his stupid weight-loss program, and I didn't care or intend on joining it, EVER. Out of curiosity and pure frustration, I called the office back and asked the receptionist pointblank if he was making commission off of recruiting people to the plan. I've never been so frustrated about how a doctor could just blatantly overlook his patient's needs and still attempt to sell his agenda.
It was the constant, shameless advertising and promoting that ended it for me. Now, I am left stranded, without proper birth control, waiting to see a specialist. I would not recommend this doctor to anyone. He may seem like the sweetest and caring healthcare professional, but he really is just in it for all the $$$ he can make for the program he's backing. Don't fall victim to the constant attempts to get you to sign on. You can lose weight WITH and WITHOUT the plan.
Losing weight is all about making personal decisions and sacrifices, so shouldn't the journey you decide to take be one that is 100% your personal preference? Dr. Neskovic may have offered me one course of action, but he never bothered to inform me of other possible avenues. SMH. read more
