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| - When I first started going here a few years ago, it was a good experience, one I would have given 3-4 stars for. Expensive but good. I saw a woman doctor - Dr. Stewart. She was great, but she got pregnant and then eventually left the practice and moved out of state.
I've seen Dr. Christianson and a few of the other doctors over the years and those visits were mostly less than stellar. I did not have the best experience with Dr. Christianson. He goes super fast, I really didn't get the answers I needed and felt a bit misdiagnosed. If he is the Hashimoto's expert, then why did he push me to get surgery on my thyroid agreeing with traditional doctors that maybe it was something serious. I ended up having surgery after trying not to for years. All was just fine (it was just plain old Hashimoto's tissue), like I knew it would be, but the surgery and recovery were awful, and I deeply regret listening to the doctors who put fear or legal concerns above other factors and pushed for unnecessary surgery. I also got super sick the weekend before I saw Dr. Christianson - food poisoning or something. When I was in the tiny room with him and 2 assistants (super claustrophobic), I almost passed out. He seemed to not even realize how sick I was or that I could literally not follow what he was saying, but I couldn't cancel my appointment last minute and incur a charge so I literally dragged myself to the office.
My only other caution here is that they tend to run a lot of blood tests, sometimes unnecessary ones or done at the wrong time. They don't always tell you what they are testing so you can't tell them you've had that test like 6 times and the result is always the same and won't ever change. I have to pay for part of every lab test so I don't appreciate wasting my money when it could have been avoided. The last labs were run at the end of the day and a good chunk of them needed to be done fasting so the results were inaccurate and a waste of my money! This place is very expensive so it hurts to waste a dime.
On the pro side, the office space is nice and some of the people are friendly. Back in the beginning of my time here, ALL the office people were super nice but like most places, the faces change and not always a change for the best.
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