evdoxia l.

I have been contemplating making a review for a while but I figured, why not. About a week ago I had woken up from a very nice nap and upon waking up I sat up in bed and streched when suddenly I felt a sharp pulling pain in my upper back, now, I have a slipped disc in my middle back that usually only sends pain from the herniated disc downward so this pain was new to me. I figured I'll give it a day take a muscle relaxer for my slipped disc to see if I could just relax it and it'll go away. They next day I notice I can't move side to side unless I physically turn my whole body, red flag, so I schedule a Teladoc appointment so I could possibly get some insight to what might be going on and get a drs note for work the next day as I tend to lift objects of up 25 lbs and if I wanted to get better I knew it would be best if I had just rested and do whatever the doctor tells me to relieve pain. I was in no way drug seeking, I have prescribed pain meds for my back issues I've just never had anything muscular happen and honestly was in so much pain I just didn't know what to do because what I've been taking didn't provide much relief.

When it came time to get on the phone with Dr. Ta I was met with a very rude and condescending voice not asking but demanding my name and birth date. I'm aware this is to confirm my identity and have no issues providing that information, however, if you see someone is in pain it would be helpful to not be an absolute jerk. I shrug that off as it was late and I can cognitively empathize with on call, ER, urgent care type of drs especially at the end of the day. He then asked me what is wrong and I had told him the story I had previously mentioned, midway through my story he had interrupted me and in a condescending tone asked "you stretched in bed?" To which I replied "yes" he then continued on with his condescending remark "isn't that like uneven don't people usually stretch on the floor?" At that point I was unhappy, angry even, I asked for help and you're treating me like an idiot? I responded " yes me and literally everyone I know stretches in bed" he then just quickly responded "okay. What do you want from me?" At that point I had had it and just said " an excuse note I work hard labor and lift heavy objects" I didn't want his help anymore I wanted that note and for him to hang up so I could go in and get real help. Well….i did, I have a strained muscle in my upper back. Referal to PT and lidocaine patches as needed. It really didn't need to be that difficult, but he had made it that way.

So Dr. Ta, I hope you find a better profession where you can actually be useful to the people around you like you're supposed to be and if you can't do that, time to hang up your license and do something else. There was no need for your attitude and condescending nature. You're not making an impact and helping you're hurting.