The nurse was very attentive & thorough, the doctor was the worst I've ever seen.
1. She was not going to test me for Lyme's Disease, despite me having 8 out of the 10 classic symptoms, & having had it before
2. She told me she thought I might have strep, despite having been sick for more than a month, and neither my roommate nor any of my coworkers having it
3. She prescribed the medicine & told me how long to take it, BEFORE sending me to the lab for testing to see what I had.
4. No one ever called me back with my results. Finally mailed them in 3 weeks.
5. I asked for a work release. She checked that I could go back to work immediately and handed it to me.
I did not go back for my follow-up and am currently being treated for advanced Lyme's from another practice.
I did not fill my prescription for the blanket-cure drug.
Nobody in this great country should be denied affordable health care.
In 1999, Dr. Haakon Carlson began to set up a free clinic for uninsured people. It started as once a week, with two doctors. They finally went to twice a week. Then they were able to add a dentist, and this past year they have four regular doctors, a physicians assistant and a nurse practitioner as well as a diabetic educator, though the dentist had to retire. In the 11+ years, we have had over 3,000 patients and over 15,000 patient visits. There are several volunteers that have been there since the beginning.