[mommieswamie]

is not fit for a public forum. My husband was a patient there for several months. For the first appointment we arrived with, among other things, a neatly typed extremely accurate list of my husband's medications. My records of his medications have been accepted by every doctor that we have seen in recent years, including Mayo Clinic. The staff insisted that I write the list by hand onto their form - mind you - just copy the same information word for word. Being extremely weary of doctor's offices and forms, I very politely told them that I was not able to do that. I certainly did however complete the rest of their forms.

From then on, it was downhill all the way. We saw Dr. Smirnoff several times while he treated my husband for a disease that he clearly did not have. When I questioned him, I got impatience and disgust from him.

I posted our experiences earlier, then deleted it. This I'm not going to delete. I have left out quite a lot as it is not in my character to say on a public forum what I really think, but it should be pretty clear that I agree with the opinions expressed so far. I am also very grieved for the frustrations suffered by the patients and families posting on this forum. No one understand better than one who has experienced the same thing.