Stanford Univ. Pain Mgmt. Cent

I tried it three different times and I have never seen so many people crying, because they have been waiting.  One guy was waiting for 8 hours.  During one of my visits there all the seats were taken and I was standing for a long time. I was waiting, waiting and waiting for my appointment.  I thought I was going to faint.  And this guy got out of chair to give it to me and he was in a real bad shape, and he could hardly move.   I passed out and I was on the floor due to the pain.  I was lying on the floor and that was really bad for my back.  My husband was parking the car so he wasn’t there.  Nobody came to attend to me; all the workers were standing and it was horrible.  I don’t recommend anybody to go there and doctors have told me not to go there anymore.  I haven’t been there in years.  They gave me a drug and it wasn’t enough for me, I asked for a stronger dose because I was in pain, and I had to fight with the doctor for it.   Every time you go there, you have a whole new set of doctors.  They don’t like it, so they move on.  At one time they put me in a room to wait and a doctor came in and yelled at me saying I looked awful and had to dress better.  I was wearing good clothes, and I was clean. The doctor was unprofessional.  I didn’t say anything to my doctor because she was nice and she quit.  It was completely uncalled for, he was not my doctor.  I complained about it and the next time I went there, they tried to be really sweet and they were making it up, so I told them they are being sweet because I made a complaint.  At one point my throat was closing up and the lady beside me called for a nurse as I couldn’t breathe and she said I have never had this happen before.  The lady asked her to hurry up and get a doctor.  There were five people working on me and I was very scared.