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Please recall that the doctor contacted ME and told me to come in for the exam. I did not seek her services. During the exam, she also asked ME if there was anything else I wanted to talk about. Unprompted, I would have ended the exam prior to that question, and I was certainly ready to get out of there. I had to think to come up with anything else to talk about. I think she was fishing for extra charges.

And yes, this wasn't the only time something went awry. Several years prior to this incident she had gravely misdiagnosed a red, painful wrist as an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. She told me I had to go to the hospital immediately upon leaving her office, check in and get an IV put in. She literally told me I had a 50% chance of dying if I did not follow her orders immediately -- pretty alarmist conclusion. I sought a second opinion, which revealed I had a condition that was inexpensively healed with a splint and some anti-inflammatory medication. She never apologized for her gross error. Another time, she diagnosed me with a cellular irregularity. She referred me to a specialist who told me I was completely normal and suggested that my doctor had accidentally switched my slides. I relayed the specialist's comment to my primary doctor. Apparently she didn't like hearing it, and I got the brunt of her anger over it. So there was more to the story, but it only reinforces that she is a poor doctor who is essentially an alarmist, that she is likely an egotist always believes she is right and who opportunistically fishes for extra charges.

Anne Landman