....good 4 u,,,,cool your feeling better,,,
Yeah, I sat with my business partner in this douchebag's office and we talked about doing some cross marketing. So, I asked how much an exam would be so I could transfer my script to him (HUGE fucking mistake). He mentioned about $100 (so much for professional courtesy). No problem. It was less than the $300 or so I paid my original Dr.
I downloaded the intake forms. I used a PDF editor to put all my info in (so my info would be VERY legible...this is relevant later) and then emailed it back and got a confirmation from the office manager that she got it. Here's how my first day went:
1) They gave me intake forms. When I mentioned I emailed them, they said they don't have them (wow). After about 10 mins they found them.
2) I asked REPEATEDLY if I would be able to continue with the way my script was being handled. I would get the test cyp in the mail and I would inject myself. They like to have someone come in every 9 - 10 days and get injected (hmmm...extra money for office visit anyone?). I asked the front and they said talk to the nurse. I talked to the nurse and she said talk to the doctor. Again, I stressed that I didn't want to go through with the exam and incur a bill if I couldn't do it the way I had been doing it.
3) I am talking to the doctor and his cell phone goes off with a text message (I know the sound). This mother fucker takes his cell phone out and starts replying. I am starting at him in amazement. I bluntly say to him "Would you like me to step outside so you can take care of this?" He declines and we go back to talking about...NOTHING. He says there shouldn't be a problem with doing the shots on my own after I describe just how regimented I am. My shots are at the exact same time (give or take 15 mins) every sunday night. He goes on and on about how I have to have a PSA and EKG done every three mos. Thats how its supposed to be done (can you say more and more money for him?)
4) I talk to the nurse who is doing my blood test about the test levels and she is shitty with me. She gives me a paper script they print out and I ask if she can call it in to the place when I order from . She gets REAL shitty with me and starts talking down to me about how the drug is a class III drug and I have to hand this to the pharmacist. I snip back at her that I have been getting my shit for the last year or so from a place out of madison and does she expect me to drive up there as I have never had to drive up there before. I also ask how places like walgreens fills prescriptions when you are on vacation if you dont have the script with you and you need something. She shuts up.
5) I walk to the front desk and they tell me it will be $475!!!! WTF. I melt down. I don't yell, but i lean forward and in a calm, even tone that I have had enough. I tell them it was discussed what my charge will be. I tel them I have an office and that I have never treated a patient like I was treated that day. After some back and forth with a phone call to the one office manager who was in on the initial meeting she comes back and says the whole thing will be $130. UNFUCKING REAL
6) Finally...in October I get a 'past due' phone call from the office. I NEVER got my bill from them. After some back and forth, I come to find that they never put my address in right!!! HOLY FUCK!!! The woman who put it in turned a "7" into a "1". They don't look the same and they aren't even close on the keyboard.
Well, thats just the first visit. I could tell you all about my EKG and subsequent need for an echocardiogram and ultrasound, but it would only serve to piss me off. I got a letter from that office with a bill for $896. FUCK THEM. Take me to collections...I could really give a shit. I am writing a letter and will put it on my credit bureau that I had a trade of service with them.
Fuck you Regency Medical Center in Barrington, IL. Eat shit Dr. Aziz!!!!!!