this office is about making money (duh!). there is not een an effort made to show concern abt the patient. i did not like the doc, esp after being cancelled 2X due to an emergency. that's fine once, maybe twice. now, i'm in pain for the first time since surgery, several months ago. he orders all these very expensive imagine tests - i had them done, the guy hasn't called back. he tells me in his office i prob have a couple of herniating disc's close to where he did the fusion. today, i clld ARA directly and will get my own results. i clld the patient advocate at seton and left a msg. when i gtet the results, i'm going to walk into seton ER and ask for help bcs dr stokes refused to return my phone calls.
i lose a much greater percentage of my income when i miss work then he ever will. i struggle to pay my rent when i'm too distracted by pain to work. that center is too busy making $ off surgeries to take care of the people who just HAD surgery. i wish all patients were their own advocates - i hired him to take care of my neck. he's not.
Pros: no pros
Cons: surgery makes money, aftercare is not important
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