On 07-02-13, I went to Dr Chakerian to treat my costochondritis. When I met the
nurse, she was asking me, about medications that I was taking almost a year ago. I wasted at least 45 minutes, to giving her the same answer for each medication, like "I have discontinued these pills long time ago". The reason was, that her office had been searching and retrieving my medical records, for two weeks and most of the information they had was obsolete. Of course I wasted my time also writing my personal medical information on 20 pages, that nobody did read.
When I met Dr Chakerian later and told her that I have pain in my left ribs, close to
my sternum (costochondritis), she proceeded to check my chest close to my armpit and she diagnosed me with Intercostal Nerve Pain. She never mentioned if she is capable of treating costochondritis.
I went along with her diagnosis and six days later Dr Chakerian, performed the
operation (Intercostal Nerve Block). Before they put me to sleep, I requested from her to give me a cortisone injection next to my sternum as well, because I believed that with one visit to the operating table, I could get rid of two pains at the same time, and she did. Since she never mention another appointment for the costochondritis (treatment or operation).
After I went home, I started feeling pain in my sternum like someone had shot me
with an arrow and it got stuck there. Meanwhile the Intercostal Nerve block procedure, eliminated the pain close to my armpit, but I felt very tired for the next two days and by the third, I asked a day off from my employer to recover. The next day (Friday). I managed to go to work with pain pills and by Saturday morning on 07-13-13, I could not get up from the bed from exhaustion. My lady friend drove me to the Emergency, at the El Camino Hospital in Los Gatos, because I could not function. They diagnosed me with dyspnea and they took x-rays they were afraid, Dr Chakerian had punctured my lungs. Fortunately it was not the case and they eliminated the possibility of pneumothorax or of pulmonary edema. After some more blood tests they gave me, few Ativan pills to calm down and they prescribed Tramadol (for muscle pain) and Ambien (for insomnia).
When I came to the follow up appointment on 07-16-13, I went to the counter to
pay my co-payment to Michelle (secretary). I was standing there for few minutes
without turning her eyes from the papers to look at me. Then I decided to sit down on the couch and immediately, she called me to pay her. I have been hazed in the army, but I did not expect from a secretary of a doctors office, to get this rude treatment. Should I mention, that she makes you feel uncomfortable when you sense her negative vibes?
Then I met Dr Chakerian. I told her that, because of your operation I ended up to the Emergency from exhaustion. I asked her if she had put too much cortisone in my body, she said that if that was the case, I should be more active the next days. I mentioned also that the injection in my sternum, not only gave me a stabbing pain the next days, but I still needed treatment. Anyway she never explained what she did to me, but she agreed that she would take care the carpal tunnel syndrome in my left wrist in the near future.
When I decided to call Dr Chakerian's office to treat my carpal tunnel syndrome as she had promised me. Michelle answered the phone and she told me that their computers are down and she can not schedule an appointment, but she will
call me Monday. I could not help it, but to start laughing about "the computers are
down" from a small practice of three women. Of course Monday she did not call me and a few days later, I called her and her answer was "Dr Chakerian does not want to see you again because you went to see another Doctor". But I said, she agreed to treat my carpal tunnel syndrome. Her answer again was "The doctor does not want to see you again the rest of her life". I guess someone from that Doctor's office notified her that I was getting treatments there. It seems that revenge was inevitable. Then I told her, that I did not know that I was Dr Chakerian's property. May be she thinks that she owns me.
In my eyes she failed. Incompetence is the appropriate word, for her office. The fact that I lost her professional trust, and I ended up paying out of my hard earned money $4.900.00 to another Doctor (who did not accept my insurance) for different procedures is the real proof.
This 5 star reviewer (nurse & Dr Chakerian's friend) deserves an OSCAR for her generalities. I doubt if she has ever crossed dr's clinic door. Of course, if she is doing it for the money she is excellent writer read more
