If I could give Dr Benson zero stars I would but Yelp won't let you.
So my Urologist in the city, who is terrific by the way, is concerned about an abnormal nodule in my prostate being cancerous, after some careful observations she suggested I go to Dr Benson for a Fusion Biopsy.
I make my appointment for 8AM on a Monday morning trying to avoid missing work as much as possible and because this office is located in Glenview. I arrive at 7:45 and get checked in. I am asked to undress completely from the waist down, put on a hospital gown and I am told that they would be right with me. Around 8:45, I am updated that we should be ready to go soon. Another 30 more minutes pass before they finally come get me.
By the way, this whole time I am waiting in a freezing cold room naked from the waist down starting to shiver.
Now it is 9:15 and I am taken to the procedure room, they ask me to undo the back of the gown and slide onto a COLD metal table and position my completely exposed rear end so it hangs over the side of the table facing the staff. I get it, I am having a prostrate biopsy and they need access. As I lay in this humiliating position I wait another 10 to 15 minutes for Benson. Certainly one of the more embarrassing moments in my life.
Finally the door opens and I hear Benson talking to others about his Disney cruise and how great it was with his family, yada yada yada,. Then when he sees me he was like, oh hey there is a patient in the room. I catch his eye and with the little dignity I have left, I introduce myself and asked how he was doing? He responds "A lot better than you". I could not believe my ears, I mean did you really just say that to me?I
I ALMOST RESPONDED "WELL I AM SURE YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME, YOU HAVN''T BEEN WAITNG FOR 90 MINUTES NAKED IN FREEZING COLD ROOM WITH THE LAST 15 MINUTES LAYING ON THIS TABLE WITH YOUR ASS EXPOSED TO COMPLETE STRANGERS, ALL THE WHILE WONDERING IF YOU HAVE CANCER....SO YOU ARE RIGHT, I AM SURE YOU ARE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN ME" but I didn't, I just wanted to get this over.
Benson had other insulting things to say to me about my age but that was just icing on the cake. I left there their office humiliated and completely unappreciated.
Benson clearly demonstrated to me thru both his words and his actions, that he is more concerned about himself and his own time than he is about his patient. read more