Update on an LDN prescribing group of doctors

February 24, 2006

I recently posted how much I liked my wife's new neurologist, Dr.

Hibbs of the Neuroscience Group of NE Wisconsin in Neenah. My opinion

of the Dr. hasn't changed, but I want to state the facts (no slander

here) of our dealings with their office policy yesterday. It's a 3 hour

round trip drive from our home to their office. I had planned to be

early, but there was unexpected drama with 's son, my " demon "

step-son, before school. In the end, we would have been on time, except

we made a wrong turn in Neenah, where we've only been once before,

costing us 5 minutes, except has m-u-l-t-i-p-l-e s-c-l-e-r-o-s-i-s

(duh) and she has bowel issues at times. Just finishing a 3 day

" z-pack " for ear infections apparently adds to the problem, another

surprise to us. Long story short, we lost 15-20 minutes because we HAD

TO make an emergency stop at a gas station and there's no rushing that

situation. The receptionist wasn't the least bit interested in hearing

any words from us of any kind so I stopped trying. We were informed the

Dr. couldn't see us all day and we would have to re-schedule. We had to

wait 10 minutes just to schedule an appointment and were given a PINK

SLIP (what?!), chastising us for being late. made sure to get the

woman making the appointment to say we would never have to wait for an

appointment. We will " always be seen at the exact time of our

appointments " . You can bet they're going to receive an earful, and

maybe a pink slip, if that isn't true. Interestingly, we had to wait 45

minutes after the time of our first and only appointment there, despite

being 10 minutes early. We were given an insincere apology for the

inconvenience. We took it in stride because all doctors are late. Now

we have a different opinion of that incident. It's sad to me that, in

our experiences, doctors' offices in the United States more and more are

being run like big business head offices instead of those of healers.

Where's the compassion? I suppose this particular group of neurologists

is sick of MS and Parkinson's and other gimpy patients being forgetful

about their appointments or having their physical issues making them

late for appointments. Maybe they should recruit healthier patients?

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