Re: Dr. Levin responds to a couple of women!!!!!!

November 20, 2002

Dr. Levin and Ladies:

I usually just lurk on here, as I don't have a lot of time to post. I have

to say, that I enjoy this group, and have received a lot of encouragement. I

also have to say, that I have not yet had my consult with Dr. Levin, but am

looking forward to it, and having the TR just as soon as I can afford it. I

have much respect, trust and admiration for Dr. Levin. I first contacted him

about a TR back in 1997 or 1998, had just requested information. Since then,

my e-mail, my phone number and my address (including State) have changed many

times. When I wrote and asked for information about the TR, and a few other

things, Dr. Levin wrote me back personally with the information I requested,

and said he would send me other things in the mail. What impressed me the

most, was that the first thing he asked me is, " Are you the same

Coulson who lives in St. sburg, FL? " That he would remember me from

that long ago impressed me, and made me realize that he does care about his

patients, and he takes the time to get to know them. The man is very busy,

he uses the gift that God gave him to help thiose of us who, for whatever

reason, chose to have our tubes ties in the first place. I believe that God

works miracles through this man daily.

Thank you Dr. Levin, and I hope to be able to have that consult and TR soon.

Couslon

November 20, 2002

Hang in there dr. L!!! WE all appriciate everything you do for us,

and you DO do a great job!

Harwell

> Hi Ladies,

>

> I would like to respond to the remarks of two women on this support

> group. Both of them have posted slanderous remarks about me

> regarding single events that happened between them and me.

>

> The first woman met with me for a free (no charge) consultation in

> Prestonsburg Kentucky where I have seen patients once a month since

> 1982. When she came in, she said " I'm going crazy, I'm crazy " .

She

> then handed me a stack of calendar pages from cyclewatch.com. I

> told her that I needed the " chart view " and that I would not be

able

> to make the most of the information from the " calendar view " . She

> said " I'm sorry I wasted your time " and stood up to leave. I said

> to her that wasting my time was not the issue, simply that I needed

> the proper view of the information in order to give her the most

> help. I suggested that she go out into the waiting room and she

> could plot the temps on a chart that I would give her. She stormed

> out into the waiting room and hollered to the patients waiting that

> they should " run away from this doctor " . The whole event took 60-

90

> seconds and her response clearly was not appropriate. When she

> posted to the group she attempted to cast me in a bad light by

> stating that all I cared about was her money. She failed to state

> that I never charged her for her follow up visits or any tests I've

> done or offered to do for her. She also fails to recognize that

> everytime I go to that office, that our overhead cost of going

there

> exceeds any charges we make there and we go to that office

primarily

> to help provide healthcare in an underserved area in the hills of

> Eastern Kentucky.

>

> The second woman comes from about 3 hours from Louisville. She had

> her reversal about 2 years ago. During that time I've exchanged a

> total of 90 emails with her and she seemed very happy with her

> care. On 2-3 occasions she told me she was going to come see me

but

> failed to show up for her appointments. I prescribed medications

> for her by long distance calls, monitored temp charts and did what

I

> could for her. At the same time, she was seeing a local doctor and

> getting similar care. Eventually she conceived but ultimately

> miscarried while under the care of her local physician. Once again

> she asked for my help and I had her send a copy of all the records

> from her local doctor. I spent several hours going over all the

> information I had on her and then sent her an e-mail stating that I

> was pretty sure I knew what was going wrong with her and that I

> wanted her to come to Louisville to see me. After 90 e-mails and

> being stood up by her, I got very curt (perhaps too much so) with

> her and let her know that if she wanted my help that it would be on

> my terms and that she would now be charged for her visits (as she

> had been by her local doctor). Well I guess she didn't want to pay

> me after 90 no charge e-mails, 2-3 missed visits and several hours

> of (no charge) chart review. She went directly to the support

group

> and posted a rather inflammatory posting.

>

> Well, maybe I'm not perfect. I work a long hard day in the office,

> operate a bunch and spend about 3-4 hours each day conversing by e-

> mail with women seeking my help. Most of the time, I think I do a

> great job. Maybe sometimes I care too much and get a bit abrupt,

or

> maybe some of the women who are having trouble conceiving expect me

> to do all the work and they should not do all of their part.

>

> I apologize if anyone is offended. I do my best and I know that I

> give more followup care to help my patients to conceive than ANYONE

> in the nation. I don't just operate on patients and leave the rest

> up to them.

>

> Take care, thanks for all of your support and God Bless the whole

> bunch of y'all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> M. Levin, MD

November 21, 2002

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Thanks for setting these women straight.I was so mad to see them on

here bashing you.Glad they are banned.I know what a greta Dr. u r not

only cause I was blessed enough to concieve first month but because

your the first Dr. I've seen that will let others on this site that

hasn't or can't use you because of the long distance.To me that shows

alot about your characture that you want women to concieve.

So far Dr.Levin has gave me great follow up care in only 1 week and

ordered blood test for me for 6-8 weeks.And e-mailed me my test

results.I feel very blessed I choose you.And every Dr.I've dealt with

will get upset if you don't do what they ask.Why bother them if your

not going to take thier advice.Thanks Dr.Levin

Deanna

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