Well, THAT was a dismal FAILURE

 My nervousness about the new doctor was rightly founded so it seems.  I drove nearly 3 hours to get to the office I was ASSURED was fragrance free, "except maybe a few of our clients". 

I walked in and had to put my mask on, thank Heaven I had gone back to the house for it!  THEN they told me the doctor was running an hour behind... he had several walk-ins... (nice to know I should have just walked in),

When I mentioned that they had told me on the phone that their office was FRAGRANCE FREE, all the receptionist would do was REFER ME to the office manager.   ??

When I went into the washroom, the shelf was FILLED with LYSOL SPRAY, AIR SPRAY, GERM CLEANSER - ALL FRAGRANCED.  The liquid soap was FRAGRANCED....

SOME FRAGRANCE FREE HEALTH CARE OFFICE, RIGHT??

I talked to the office manager and it was like talking to all the others... "Well, I don't know who told you that....  I tried to talk to the cleaners...... I'll have to talk to the staff...."  WHAT THE HECK!!!  YOU KNEW I WAS COMING.... DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME??!!!

I told the receptionist I would wait in my car and they could call me when he was ready.

THEN, the office manager comes out and sits in my car.  I had to put my mask on IN MY CAR!!... THEN she tells me that it actually takes THREEE OR FOUR VISITS for this doctor.  The first one is a general exam and urine test, the second a blood test... the third we TALK about the blood test...

I told them in a letter WEEKS before I made the appointment all about my MCS.  All about being in the hospital and the fact that I ONLY, at this time, needed a diagnosis of my arthritis and help with my MCS. 

I told the office manager that Dr. Kraucak listed on the
website that he dealt with MCS.  THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I CALLED THIS OFFICE....

SO TELL ME THIS....

IF A DOCTOR KNOWS WHAT MCS IS... does that mean that he ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT IT IS?????

Perhaps it only means that he has READ THE medical BOOKS AND IS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY TO DRAW MORE PATIENTS INTO HIS OFFICE, ie, MORE MONEY!!! 

LOOKS TO ME like the latter is the case.  IF he knew exactly WHAT MCS ACTUALLY IS.... THERE IS NO WAY THAT HIS OFFICE WOULDN'T ALREADY HAVE A SCENT AND FRAGRANCE FREE POLICY instead of the half an hour of excuses that I was given.  IT MOST CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS AND SPRAYS!

THIS DOCTOR SHOULD NOT BE ON THE AAEM WEBSITE AS A REFERRAL FOR MCS PATIENTS.  On the AAEM website it states his last meeting was 1998 and he was 21 years in Environmental Medicine.  THAT is why I called his office.  Go figure.

WHAT A WASTE OF TIME, FUEL AND MONEY ON MY PART only to find out that this doctor does over THREE OR FOUR APPOINTMENTS what most do in one AND can't even offer a simple FRAGRANCE FREE environment for his patients.

I give up.  WHEN DID DOCTORS STOP CARING ABOUT THE PATIENTS?

I can't keep spending money running around trying to find some doctor to help me when they just don't give a rats behind.  Too bad I could 't find one right out of medical school who had a relative with severe MCS... wouldn't THAT be a coup for us all?!!