My companion has MS. I would go with him to visit Dr. Yu. I wan in need of neuro. I thought, going by his treatment of my man, that I would receive a comparable amount of care and attention. Didn't happen. They lost the information that I had sent them prior to my appointment. I offered to fill it out again. I was 2 hours early for my appointment. I was told that they had found my information. They did not, and it was never entered. Dr Yu made it clear that I was wasting his precious and professional time. He was not just tactless, which would be ok, if he could have been professional. He was impatient, condescending, offensive, and rude. He appeared to be angry with me. He hissed at me while curling his lip. He made it clear that I disgusted him with my petty concerns. I reckon I was just another woman who thought she was just incapable of helping herself and rilly, rilly needed a Doctor just to confirm that the problems are all in her head, and that her only problem is that she may… just have some inordinate fear of illness or dying.
Total lack of regard for history and symptoms. Total lack of regard and expressions of disgust, anger, impatience while describing symptoms.
After performing a small memory test that he had on his phone, he said, "You're normal." I tried to say something, but he jumped! He got louder, curled that lip, and hissed, "You're NORMAL!" Ok. I really did not need to be told that I am normal. We can be normal, and still be sick. I was not normal. I am not normal. He did not have the time or the motivation to explore further. He had an attitude, he did not have the inclination for discussion. He made it clear that he was just too professional for my petty concerns. I have conditions that neurologists treat. He was not up to that. He was only up to being offensive/defensive, immature, condescending, rude, and obnoxious. His MS patient, my guy, was sitting behind him, and from the get go, was hooking his thumb toward the door, eyes wide, mouth open in "WOW".
I did not get the consideration that I have seen this Dr. offer to other patients. Dr. Yu made it clear that I was only there to waste his time, and that he thought I was just looking for some sort of attention from a physician, and that my real difficulty was that I just considered myself incapable of helping myself. Neurotic, histrionic, female.
There was no eye contact made during my visit.
As we were leaving, my guys was just shaking his head and saying, "Never again." He was berating himself for not saying something during my 'visit' with Dr. Yu, but also expressing his desire to never see that man again. An MS patient who needs a neurologist was put off by the behaviors and attitudes of this one.
Please guard yourself if you decide to see this doctor. We are associated with many people with MS in and around the rural community where we live. If we had known them prior to seeking treatment for MS with Dr. Yu, my guy would have never stepped foot in his office. As a woman, if I had known prior, I would not have set foot in his office. Considering the needs of multiple sclerosis patients, I think that their experiences in seeking neurological care are significant. Considering my own needs, and what my other doctors consider needs, Dr. Yu wasted my time, and showed a complete lack of regard for the professionalism of my other providers, and their recommendations.
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