Neurologist – Dr Marina Dolgovina Review

Right from the gate, this place was a bit of madhouse. The first red flag should have been the reviews. Though my instincts told me to be wary, I decided to chance it and booked an appointment.

Besides the reviews on Zocdoc, another cause for concern was that my appointment request wasn’t even seen or confirmed up until about 1 hour before my appointment time. As they never confirmed it, I became concerned because I didn’t want to show up and not be seen. So I decided to call them up to make sure that they saw it, they hadn’t. If I hadn’t called them up, they wouldn’t have booked it and the trip out would have been a waste of time.

I should have listened my instincts then, because they told me, “Angel, go elsewhere.” But I was desperate to determine what was going on with my head. I was scared and anxious so I wanted to be seen asap and this was the only place with an available time slot.

When I walked in there were people screaming at each other. I couldn’t understand the language, so I don’t know if they just speak loudly, but this sounded like not very friendly screaming. Once again, my instincts told me to get out of there, but again, I was desperate.

I stood on what I perceived to be the line, but no one looked at or acknowledged me. I figured they were busy and just waited. I waited, and waited, and waited. Then some person came in, walked right past me and went to talk to them without being called. That’s when I realized that trying to be polite and passive wasn’t going to cut it here. So I just walked towards the admin area and said “Is anyone going to register me or whatnot? I’ve been standing there a while.” That’s when someone took up my cause.

I don’t remember exactly how long I waited after they took my info and stuff, but it was quite a long time. Enough where I thought about leaving many times.

Eventually, I was called and taken by a young tech who did some vertigo tests. I felt that this young lady was attentive and helpful. Though I could tell, despite her best efforts to conceal it, that she was being overwhelmed with work.

The nurse or assistant who took my information after those tests rushed me and she was on her cell for a while not really paying attention to me. She made me feel like just getting up and walking out yet again. She’d ask me a question, make some annoyed sound, write down the answer, then get on her phone for a few moments before the next question. She repeated that cycle a few times and then told me “the doctor will be with you.”

So the doctor herself appears to be competent. As she examined me, she performed the standard tests that I had researched to determine if this was a stroke or something of that nature.

I suspect that she has too much going on to really be able to devote the kind of attention that should be given to new and existing patients. Particularly when we are so vulnerable and afraid for our health. I mean, when things are spinning for the first time in your life, that is a terrifying experience.

After I spoke with her and she walked out, I remembered another question I had. As I asked it, I had to basically ignore the nurse as she was trying to rush me out. I raised my hand to signal her to wait because I had to ask the doctor a question. I’d been there a long time and I wasn’t going to leave without asking my questions. I don’t like to be rude, but these guys weren’t being very hospitable anyway. So whatever.

After my MRI’s and all that was done, I expected to speak with the doctor. Nope, like I said, I think she’s got too much on her plate or she just can’t be bothered. I believe it was the texting nurse helper again and I didn’t really get any clear information from her. I’ve been meaning to call back to try and determine what the course of action should be, but I really don’t want to deal with them again. I believe she said I had vertigo in both ears and needed physical therapy. The tech told me one ear, but again, the information was unclear and I don’t really want to deal with them anymore.

This was a fairly disappointing experience and I only saw it through to the end because I needed them to look at my MRI and tell me whether my brain was fried or not. In my humble opinion, I’d say go somewhere else.

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