Dr. Benjamin Lucas Harper, MD

I HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM BREATHING DIFFICULTY AND A COUGH FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND WENT TO THE ER. DR.HARPER SAW ME AND AFTER SPENDING LESS THEN FIVE MINUTES IN THE ROOM DX ME WITH A SORE THROAT AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. TWO DAYS LATER AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK I HAD TO COME BACK TO THE ER AND DR. HARPER SAW ME AGAIN. THIS TIME HE DID A CHEST XRAY AND GAVE ME TESLON PEARLS. HE TOLD ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY PCP IF THE SOB AND COUGH PERSISTED. AFTER MISSING TWO WEEKS OF WORK WITH NO RELIEF FROM MY COUGH OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY(THINKING I JUST HAD A SORE THROAT OR COUGH), I FOLLOWED UP WITH MY PCP WHO DX ME WITH AN ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION IN MY LUNGS AND ASTHMA, I HAD TO AND SINCE THEN CONTINUE TO HAVE TO USE A STEROID INHALER AND A REGULAR VENTOLIN ALBUTEROL INHALER. IF ONLY HE WOULD HAVE SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME DX'ING ME MAYBE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. HIS POOR CONDUCT COST ME TIME,MONEY, AND HEALTH ISSUES.

I HAD A BILATERAL EAR INFECTION AND WAS UNABLE TO HEAR OUT OF EITHER EAR. DR. TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER SEEN AN EAR INFECTION PROGRESS AS QUICKLY AS MINE DID. GAVE ME ABX AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. TOLD ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY PCP IN A WEEK IF I WAS STILL EXPERIENCING HEARLING LOSS OR RINGING IN THE EARS. A WEEK LATER, I STILL HAD THE RINGING IN MY RIGHT EAR AND WENT TO SEE MY PCP WHO REFERRED ME TO AN ENT DR. I WAS TOLD BY THE ENT DR THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON A COURSE OF STEROIDS WHEN I WAS INITIALLY SEEN FOR THE EAR INFECTION. SO NOW I HAVE NERVE DAMAGE TO MY RIGHT EAR, LOSS OF HEARING IN THAT EAR, AND TINNITUS. AND TO THINK THIS COULD ALL HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF HE TOOK THE TIME AND PATIENCE THAT WAS NEEDED AND KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. IF YOU NEED TO SEE AN ER DOCTOR AND HE IS ON, I WOULD SUGGEST WAITING.