Patient
I went in for a TEE and a cardioversion. I had been in a fib since Thursday we had the procedure done on Wednesday of the following week. When I got there the hospital staff was very nice and flight. The nursing staff was very nice and polite. Doctor large was my anesthesiologist and he took time to talk to me. And put my mind at ease about a few questions. However I never spoke to my cardiologist. I have never met her. As they were putting in the bite protection for the TEE she never asked me a question. She never bothered to find out if I was OK. She just went about the procedure. And I found it rude that someone who is getting her to charge myself and my insurance company $27,000 wouldn't take the time to talk to me. I expected that after the procedure she might stop and talk to you but that was not the case. She spoke to my father and my wife in the waiting room. But I never met the woman. I felt like a number in the rotation. Everybody else was fantastic. I'd like to think that my doctor cared about me, enough to at least talk to me for a few seconds before they zap my heart.