Dr. Elwood Neil Longenecker, MD

This has been a long time coming. I should have written this years ago in 2021. But I just took my mother in to urgent care and he was the doctor. I'm so happy that we ended up leaving and going to the ER. In 2021 my husband had COVID we went into Urgent care in Riverton hospital. My husband was tested for Covid. The first question the nurse asked was if he was vaccinated. We said no. The treatment went a whole different way after that. The doctor came in and asked us questions and I think listened to my husbands lungs. My husband was having and extremely hard time breathing. The Dr. said I am pretty sure you have pneumonia. But he wouldn't know for sure unless he took an xray. We asked after confirming it, would he be put on antibiotics? He said: Oh no that could more damage than good. I have NEVER heard that before. I asked if he could receive a breathing treatment. Again, the doctor said, that could cause more damage than anything good. I then asked, what should I do. He chuckled… and said: I guess you could go home and give him chicken soup. I was shocked. He then said to get a blood oxygen reader and when it went below 80 to bring him back to the ER. I could not believe my ears. Long story short, we got my husband a Nebulizer and did some breathing treatments. It SAVED his life. He coughed up multiple blood clots and started to breathe better. PLEASE think twice before seeing this doctor.

Was seen by an E Longenecker at the instant Care located in the Riverton hospital. This guy was a total joke as far as medical concerns are concerned. I am a retired 30 year U S Army veteran which has the worst medical providers that exist. This guy would fit in very well. Went in due to a sharp pain in lower left back in the lower rib cage area. Secession started with a normal urine test which came back with every thing being normal. Explain type of pain I was having so he came back with the statement that there was nothing wrong with the kidneys based upon the urine sample. He then stated that I had simply pulled a muscle by trying to lift something or that I simply got out of bed wrong. I explained that neither of these events had occurred. He then stated he wanted to do an x-Ray. Against my better judgement I went along. The x-Ray failed to show anything wrong as I expected. This was based upon my military experience. I spent my last two years of military service… with what felt like someone was driving nails into my right knee cap. Was seen by no fewer than six different military doctors who all requested x-Rays of my knee. They all stated there was nothing wrong. I retired and went to the VA to have it checked. Guess what, they also requested x-Rays. Same result, there was nothing wrong. I finally went to an orthopedic doctor. Without even looking he stated I had a torn meniscus. He requested an MRI and then apologized. It was a severely torn meniscus. At this time he informed me that when most doctors don't want to be bothered by your medical problems they will request an x-Ray just to make you think they are doing something for you. He stated that x-Rays are excellent for showing damage to bone but almost unless for soft tissue. He stated to never trust a doctor that requests x-Rays for soft tissue. This guy then discussed different types of prescriptions that I could take. Told him I really wasn't interested in any type of pain pills. I just needed something to heal the unknown problem. He wrote a prescription for a mild anti inflammatory . When I picked it up it was for a severe case of arthritis. It also had a whole lot of safety issues this pill could cause. But the most important was the statement "not recommended for people 65 and older". This med has been known to cause internal bleeding in older people. I am now 66. I do not recommend anyone visiting this guy. Do so at your own risk.