Three strikes your out.
I have been going to this office for 13 years. Dr.Beck delivered my kid. I loved Dr.Beck. He was awesome. He retired in December. (sad face)
I figured I just needed an IUD swapped out, no big deal, anyone can do that, it's bread and butter procedure....right? Apparently not. The incompetance at this office is extrodinary.
The first appointment I went expecting to get the IUD. They said nope this is just a consult. A consult for what? Do you have a vagina? It's a replacement!! Whatever, I know that insurance requires a bunch of hoop jumping. I wish that had been communicated before the appointment. That made me grumpy, but I know it's not usually the persons fault that delivers the news. I also asked about hormone replacement therapy and how I was just feeling off... she glossed over my concerns and I pretty much felt like she wrote me off. Okay, maybe this is all just a miscommunication? Maye we got off on the wrong foot? I'll give them another shot.
Second visit, I went in to to get the IUD. I told them I DID NOT want my strings cut. Dr.Beck just swirled them around my cervix last time and it worked like magic. I requested they do the same thing. The PA had never heard of that before and proceeded to make me feel like I was an idiot for suggesting something so ridiculous as uncut strings. I said "That's what I remembered, but i guess we will see when you get in there." PA puts on gloves and proceeds to GRAB THE BOTTOM OF THE STOOL to scoot forward. GROSS!! (If i get and STI I'll know where I picked it up at.) How many times has she grabbed the bottom of the stool to scoot forward?? How many people juices are on the bottom of that stool?? I was in absolute shock trying to process, and I was trying really hard to be extra nice... so I didn't say anything. (That one is on me. I learned ALWAYS speak up. Maybe I should have asked them to wait while I processed?) Then my favorite part happened, she put the speculum in and proceed to carry on and on about how the speculum wouldn't stay, "Look medical assistant, do you see this?!?!?" and then proceeds to let it slide out. GOT IT!! I have cavernous lady parts that birthed some really awesome kids. JUST GET A BIGGER SPECULUM!!!!! Stop makind such a big deal about my grand canyon. She proceed to have the Medical Assitant hold the speculum inside me. PA pulls out the IUD and guess what??? The strings are completly intact. They were never cut. She proceed to go on and on about how she has never seen strings this long. Then she tells me she doesn't know how to do that and cuts my strings so short. Exactly what I didnt want. I would have waited for you to talk to a collegue and figure that part out.... GRRR.
Third visit to check my strings. (Here is where the office as a whole got an extra star. I had left a comment about my previous visits and the office reached out to me and moved me to another provider. Thank you for that.) The new provider couldn't find my strings. She could not see them or feel them and told me I needed to get an ultrasound to confirm placement. My insurace doesn't cover that. So they wanted to charge me something like $200 buck for an ultrasound, to confirm placement of the the IUD... because there were no strings... the strings that I asked them not to cut... Can you see where my frustartions are starting to arise? (Dr.Beck did those for free. Man I miss him. He was just a really good doctor.)
I'm intentionally not leaving the name of the provider because she was really young, probably fresh out of PA school. I don't want to brand her on the internet forever, but hopefully the clinic see this. They know exactly which provider it was and who needs some more training. And if your provider is the one that screws up I don't think I should be held financially responsible for something that I DIRECTLY ASKED THEM NOT TO DO. The office should swallow the cost on that one.
Thus far, I haven't gotten the ultrasound as a matter of principle. But my recommendation to anyone who hung on for this whole story is, don't go here. Don't go with corporate because apparently they suck and don't give a crap about you as a patient. Now I'm looking for a new provider. I hate that part. Once I find one I love I like to keep them forever. read more