This is one of the primary care offices near the Rockville area that is on Blue Cross and Blue Shield's list of places to go (I have the PPO plan).
I came here b/c I was feeling very lethargic. I couldn't focus at work, I didn't want to exercise...you know that feeling.
After about 30min or so waiting, Dr. Dooley came in and gave me an experience I can't forget. He turned me around with my back facing him, put his stethoscope on my back, listened for 6-7 seconds and said that my heartbeat was 68 beats per minute.
Now..I'm sure you folks will say that well...all he did was some multiplication from his counts to get that number, but what can you multiply to get 68???? 5,6,7,8,9 times any integer does not give you 68. So i called him out saying that he was full of it and he tells me, "trust me, I've been doing this for 30 years".
Anyway he started asking a few questions about my health and he suggested I do a few more tests (blood draws, etc). Later on, the nurse gets an ECG heart rate measurement and it comes out to be 68. It just blew my mind away when I saw that.
When Dr. Dooley came in again I told him I was amazed at his accuracy and he says, "oh, I sometimes am off by 1 heart beat. But I've been doing this for 30 years so I'm usually right". Owned. LOL.
Apparently I didn't have any big problems and I was told to drink a lot of juice and get some good sleep. Anyway, I was pretty much convinced that I would go to him later in the future if I need a visit to the doc. read more