I have been seeing Dr. Reddy since 2010.\r
I suffer from hypothyroidism with levels up and down and all around and have also had a partial thyroidectomy. The staff is always changing and you are lucky to get a nice person. I don’t know how doctor’s do not realize that a caring, helpful office staff is SO important! There have been NUMEROUS occasions that they did not contact my pharmacy to update my prescription and then me trying to get a hold of them was impossible. \r
This past year I have especially been having problems with my thyroid levels.\r
I like Dr. Reddy—she takes her time with you and she does listen as well as explain. This probably explains why many times you wait an 30 min. to an hour after your scheduled appt. just to get seen.\r
Although I do recommend Dr. Reddy, I have to express how I feel about her nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner, Marie Perkins, comes across (at first) as perky and upbeat. However, she is VERY RUDE. She does NOT sit there to listen—she can’t stop typing on the laptop for 2 seconds to actually pay attention. She is ALWAYS in a hurry. She talks and explains things super-fast. If you explain something to her she will sit there and in a rolling eyes way laugh as if you are asking a stupid question. And then she will treat you like a child when she is explaining something to you. Marie Perkins gets very visibly irritated when you don’t understand something. She has snapped at me 3 times in my past two visits because I either didn’t understand something or I have asked questions. Once I just simply stopped her in the hallway as I was waiting for my ultrasound because I forgot to see if there were any samples of the new prescription she put me on and she rolled her eyes and snipped at me telling me no and just walked away. Again, in a massive hurry. Another thing she does not realize is that her patients can hear her outside of the rooms while we’re waiting for her. She is so rude to the nurses as well. How do you practice medicine and work with patients in that manner??? I simply do not get it. \r
I just went in for an appt. today. I had no idea that I was going to have an appt. with Marie Perkins again this summer. Dr. Reddy was out of the country the last time I was there so I understood. When I was set to reschedule today, I let the nurse know that I only want Dr. Reddy. I will no longer see Marie Perkins. You pay your co-pay, take time off of work, you’re trying to improve & understand your health problems along with all of the numbers that are on a piece of paper from your labs, we depend on these doctor’s to help and guide us and damn it be nice about it! I sat in my car and cried after this last visit today. So frustrating. I should NOT feel that way. \r
I'll probably give it one more try with going back to seeing Dr. Reddy, but I'm at the point where I'm searching for another office/doctor because of Marie Perkins.
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