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Update: My insurance just paid $6,331.37. The office billed them $6,377.00 for an echocardiogram. I just got a bill for $45.63. I guess you can send me to collections or sue me, but I will not and refuse to pay a doctor who treated me so poorly. You and the assist that assisted you that day laughed in my face, as you told me my next meal should be on Thanksgiving, mind you, I saw you in July. The fact that your office could even bill me after that incident, with no apology, is beyond me. It's disturbing and quite appalling that a medical "professional" think it's okay to degrade and dehumanized someone in that way. I pray no other patient of yours ever endures that kind of humiliation and that somehow, God works on your heart, so that you know better next time, to treat people with dignity and respect. You know, use your own heart, like you work helping others to use theirs, figuratively speaking. Im highly disappointed and essentially hurt after my visit today. I think that as medical professionals, doctors should know how to say things in a manner that constitutes respect to the patients person/integrity. I was scheduled for a stress test, where I was met with the assistant who did the prep, then the doctor and a resident that was, I believe, shadowing him for the day. The test went well, and the results were explained in great detail. My issue started when the doctor used an ill choice of words and a suggestion that was not only humiliating but truly disturbing to hear. Now, my initial visit, we went over my daily medication list so it is assumed that as a medical profession he should know that if a patient is on an ssri, they are taking it for some sort of depression. I'm very transparent about my depression and my struggle with both depression and anxiety. Knowing this, he should've been a bit more aware of how to communicate in a less derogatory manner. Before leaving the room, he said, "Watch my blood pressure, be more active, and lose weight. ( That's fair, and I would've taken that and been satisfied with my visit) HE continued with, (" Your next meal should be on Thanksgiving.") Again, I struggle with depression and my weight. All I could hear was the assist and him cracking up while I sat there in total embarrassment. It's sad, truly it is, to go somewhere to be humiliated in such a way by a medical professional and his staff. I made a follow-up, but after that, I will never step foot there and warn anyone who like me struggles with depression or their weight to stay away. Update: I received a voicemail from the doctor, asking if there was a confusion regarding my test results? Obviously someone read this review. I've literally been crying all day. It's one thing to fat shame, but imagine telling someone not to eat for 5 months. A person who struggles with depression and then having to hear people laugh in your face. I went there to ensure my heart was okay, and left feeling ashamed of myself.