Is this normal? I…read morewanted to find a new primary care doctor -- someone who did not also see the rest of my family and serve as a pastor on the side. I found a recommendation for a doctor two minutes from my house (YAY!) and made an initial establishing-care appointment. He spent about an hour going over my entire health history with me. Dr: What specifically brings you in today? Me: I'd like to get my vitamin D levels tested, maybe my thyroid, and find out my blood type for possible kidney donation. Dr: While kidney donation is a noble impulse, I'd like to know what your reasoning is for considering this. Me: My friend's special needs daughter is in kidney failure. Her father can't donate because of his cholesterol and we don't know if mom will be a match. Dr: I'd like you to really consider your motivation in doing this. Are you trying to fill a hole in your own life by latching into someone else's child? People can actually live for decades and have quite a good life on dialysis. Me: (stares at him) Dr: I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, I'm saying it is a very big decision, and you need to make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. Now. What is your understanding of the life-expectancy of kidney donors? Me: I'm not familiar. Dr: It's a reduction of 9 years. 9 years off your life. A decade is a large part of your life to give up, so you need to really consider that. Moving on. Do you want to have children? Me: My last long-term relationship was 7 years ago, so I've pretty much made my peace with the fact that that's not in the cards for me. Dr: I have 4 patients about your age who have gone alternative routes. Me: that's nice but I'm on a teacher's salary. Dr: One of my patients is only a cafeteria worker! She managed to have a child in her salary! Me: (Is he allowed to tell me this? And is this a pissing contest??) Dr: I'm just saying, don't make a vast life decision like this without fully considering all your options. Me: okay well to tell you the truth, I think I'd be a terrible mother. Dr: oh. Well. Okay. I don't usually find that level of self-awareness. Moving on. I see you have a tattoo. Do you plan on getting more? Me: Maybe? Dr: All right, we'll test you for hepatitis C, as well. All right, let's look at your medications. You are on anti-depressants. I'd like you to start doing some things that can add value and make your life better. Me: I do lots of valuable things that have made my life better. I volunteer with Mission: St. Louis. I started a Drumline. Dr: Those just sound like things that other people think you should be doing. It's time to get selfish. I want you to start doing things that YOU want to do. It went on and on like this. It ended thusly: Dr: From now on, you don't go to hospitals. Hospitals are for extremely sick people. Urgent Care is for after hours when none of us are here in the office. But if we're open and something happens, you call the office and we get you in that day, as long as you have a six-month checkup booked with us. And I'd like you to really consider your motivations for the kidney donation, to make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. It's been a really long time since I went to a new doctor's office. Are these kinds of conversations normal now?

Very bad service all the way around. Changing doctors is a very difficult thing to do that is the…read moreonly reason I have not switched. I will be spending the day looking for a new PCP. Several years with this group and time after time issue after issue. I've never once met the actual doctor, only NP. Some are great some are not so great. They typically don't stay long so I'm constantly passed around treated like a new patient and important details get missed. Paul Hinton, you need to do better. You took an oath. It's not about money in your pocket, it's about the health of your patients. I'm very disappointed.

The nurses and the nurse supervisors and mean and don't care about the patients that are not white…read morethey just want to get paid. The male nurse on duty way the only one that appeared to care about the black kids in the unit. The PT on duty was awesome but the nurses need to find another job!!!! And of course the doctors side with the nurses regardless of what happened.

The med staff here is awesome. Everyone was great. The RTs are especially great. They offer great…read moretherapy with wonderful therapists.

Our check in wasn't ideal. I don't think the blonde female knew much about HIPAA laws. Our son is…read moreunder eighteen and we were told we had to had ourselves as his parents to the HIPAA forms, even though we are his guardians, or else they wouldn't be able to disclose anything to us. Gabby took us back into a room and was very nice. We had an appointment at 11:30 am and didn't see our provider until almost 1:00 pm. However this is common it can be frustrating but people run behind as do doctors which affects the entire schedule and everyone else. Our provider was very detailed, nice, explained everything is great detail and made sure we understood before moving onto the next topic. If you want a good provider it's worth the wait. We feel confident in our choice. We also have another child that sees the same provider. Any provider in the office is a great choice but we prefer Dr. Moll. Just a reminder you are usually waiting for at least an hour. So new moms if you're breastfeeding pump before you come.