Dr. Kim is a smug, arrogant little man with a God complex. He spent less than 10 minutes with me. He seemed impatient, irritated, unsympathetic, almost angry.
Knowing exactly nothing about me or my very complicated medical history, he busts in to the exam room, proceeds to speak very loud and fast, leaving little space to interject. I mentioned that about a year prior, a doctor had suggested Lyrica, but I'd held off taking it, as I am extremely sensitive to side effects, and that one scared me.
Then, he asked what I'd tried for pain. As I began to recount the myriad therapies, meds, supplements, programs over the years, I'd no more than opened my mouth before again being cut off, with him saying, "you either want to get better or not. You either want to take the med or not. That is what's available. Meds are what's tried and true. You have to weigh the pros and cons. Take it or don't. It's up to you." I had to clarify that he was talking about the Lyrica. He wasn't even the one who'd prescribed it. I had NEVER seen this man before!
I was absolutely stunned at this response. I said, "I guess my Ehlers Danlos specialist and I were just hoping that you might have any guidance on any new therapies or anything in the early stages of development or any meds targeted to my issues... just curious if there is anything outside the box that could help." His reply was, "no, there isn't." And that was that! I've probably seen a hundred doctors over that past 35 years for multiple chronic health conditions. This was by far the absolute worst experience I've ever had. If this little angry man holds this level of contempt for his patients and his job, then he needs to stick to research! read more