Dr. Gardner oversees/is a part of Mission Viejo's emergency room when it comes to Orthopedics. After I was at the emergency room for almost 12 hours, doing 2 MRI's, 2 Xray's, and an Ultrasound, he asked me to see him in his office the next day. The diagnosis is a rare condition called Transient Osteoporosis. The doctor even said "this is the type of condition we only see on exams and tests, and not in real life". Not a great feeling to hear that, but let's see what we can do about it. Well, NOTHING. I walk into his office and he states "I don't know what to tell you". I was told to rest, not provided any pain killers (He refused to give me ANY meds) even though the emergency room doctor prescribed Oxycodone. Those of you who know Oxycodone, know that it's very strong, so why ONE doctor saw the need to prescribe that based on my MRI's and Xrays, and for my "specialist" doctor to state that he will not prescribe ANY meds, is beyond me. Now to my follow up appointment. The same thing repeated. "I don't know what to tell you" to which I replied, "why did I come here in the first place?" After a month of just dealing with the pain (All the nerves go through the bone/muscle that is hit with Osteoporosis) and many sleepless nights, I called in to ask for help or some sort of action. He scheduled me for an MRI and referred me to a pain management doctor. The day after my MRI, I call in to see the results and hear that he is out of the office for another week. This is not how a patient should be treated. 1. If you don't know or understand the condition of your patient, refer them to another specialist, don't say "I don't know what to tell you". Why did you ask me to see you? You won't take that attitude from a mechanic towards your car, let alone a doctor about your body! 2. If you are scheduling follow up appointments, have something concrete ready, or at the very least proper next steps. But all I got was "just rest and stay off the leg, this should take 6-12 months to heal. Again, 6-12 months with what basically feels like the "benjamin button" of Osteoporosis, Worst pain ever and then gradually getting better and better. read more