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| - STAY AWAY! I waited four months to get an appointment (imagine if I was dying?!?!) and then sat in the room for over an hour before Dr Duick came in to see me. He never once looked me in the eye! How disrespectful! He flipped through my records and told me he didn't need to see me anymore because I didn't have what all the other doctors said I had, and to wean off the medication. BUT he stressed to make sure I set appointments for the next year, every three months to see him. Seriously?! WTF would I come back? I don't even know what color eyes you have and you didn't listen to anything I tried to say in the 2 minutes you were with me!!!! They drew blood and it took 3.5 weeks (one week of me non-stop calling), to get the results, and all they said was, I was fine. ugh
So I had an episode about 5 months later and wanted to verify that nothing happened with me coming off the medication. I had to come in at 7am, which the doors were still locked and the nurse was taking her sweet time, like we are all on HER clock. She drew my blood fast (the only bonus there), and I didn't hear anything for another 3 weeks. Well, I was in the ER the night before my blood was drawn, puking my guts out. Again thank goodness I wasn't SICK or DYING!!! So when I called, the assistant, Christian, said in such a sweet voice "Oh I'm sorry you were so sick, but I can't give you your results until we see you in the office". I had just resigned from my job, so I had short term insurance, and I asked how much the visit would cost. He told me it would be $130, but he could give me a 5% discount (this was after he called me back....had to ask his boss about that whole 5% discount!). I told him it was my right to receive my results, per HIPPA, and he still tried to convince me that I had to spend more money to get my own test results. BUT, two days later I got a bill for my results! Oh I was livid! When I called them again (had to leave a message because you can NEVER get a person immediately), he told me the same thing. Well I wrote a nasty note to them on their bill and still haven't paid it.
How disrespectful to your patients and their privacy! Even my main doctor tried contacting them and they told him the same thing! How rude! Please find another endocrinologist to spend your time and money with. I wouldn't want anyone else to go through the experience I did!
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