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I had a less than titillating experience this week as I explored the Eastern side of Medical cures to ease my ailing thyroid. Dr. Buffy Daney, was one of the doctors who covers acupuncture on our insurance plan. I gave her office a call last week and I was scheduled to see her right away.
A very pregnant woman called my name. "Hi, I'm Dr. Daney." Well, sh*t on a stick!! I have nothing against pregnant women, after all, I was pregnant twice... but my mind began to race. Surely she was not due to have a baby for another 3 or 4 months. I mean, the office wouldn't have scheduled my appointment had she not been able to provide something called CONTINUITY of care, right?
We proceeded to a very hurried and less than comprehensive intake of my symptoms and health history. I asked her if she had patients like me before. "Yeah" was her answer. "Have you had positive results?" I asked. "Um, well, the results have varied," she replied. And that was that.
She took me to the room. Placed some needles on my hands, feet, and one in my neck. She turned out the lights to complete blackness and overhead there was a flicker flicker of some fluorescent lights. We didn't go through the game plan, she just poked, then left. When she came back, I told her I needed to pick up my little one from school. Unaware of how much time I needed for travel, she told me I had 10 more minutes and had plenty time .
She returned to remove my needles. "I'm 39 weeks pregnant and I'm taking maternity leave next week. You'll need more treatments. You can schedule another appointment with me this week and perhaps you can see my partner for Biofeedback therapy while I'm gone for the next 4 weeks. You can google Biofeedback if you like." 39 weeks pregnant, ready to have her baby any minute and her office told me as clear as day she was accepting new patients? Accepting new patients that she won't be following up on? Accepting new patients that may need more than one treatment? In fact, more than one treatment and several over the next few months. Really?! The plan was to dump me off on her partner and I can Google the information on what her partner does. "Why don't you take this Thyroid supplement? It has has thyroid stuff in it." I had follow up questions on the supplement and she had very little information on it. Holy crap! As a registered nurse I would have never told my patients to research the solutions I was giving them. Whether it was a pill to take, a procedure or treatment, I would have never expected them to find the information on their own.
As I got up to leave, per her instruction, I told her I felt like a needle was still in. Oopsie, she forgot a needle! Man, I think she forgot that she had a patient and forgot her professionalism, too! Won't be back.
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