1 /5 Leonor Conzevoy: One of the worst, if not "The Worst" experience of my adult life with a doctor whos supposed to be an expert on pain management.
I went for an epidural shot.This doctor never took the time to explain to me how was she going to. proceed i.e. with or without sedation. All the instructions I got prior to the procedure was ONE page dealing with fasting and medications. Only after I walked in the room where it happened, I realized that I was going to be awake all throughout the procedure.
At some point I started feeling unwell...quire unwell. It was a very uncomfortable situation, to say the least. While I was being assisted this doctor had the audacity to say to me: "You should have told me..." I still dont know what exactly is it that she expected me to tell her, that I was going to faint that morning? Or perhaps that my expectations were on a par with prior instances where I was informed of all the details concerning the procedure?
Finally, when I recovered sufficiently to have a semi coherent conversation with the doctor, I informed her that I had never had an epidural without sedation, she mumbled something to the effect that for that she had to do it at a day surgery center. Was that an inconvenience?
Things didnt get much better in the recovery room. While being monitored for my vitals, I asked the nurse for something to drink. She came back with the tinniest of plastic cups with some room temperature, flat 7-Up.
After that horrific episode, one would expect a follow-up phone call from the office the next day to check on me. NONE came!!
This doctor and her staff get a ZERO on bedside manners.
In the many years that Ive been treated for my chronic back problems, never have I experienced such an inadequate, rough treatment by any physician.
I wish I could give her a zero star.