Jeff A. Lehmen, MD

I waited for over an hour to see Dr. Lehman. Then I waited another thirty minutes in the office. The nurse checked my reflexes and asked about my back and neck. She said we are going to get an X-ray of your back and neck. Then left. They did the X-ray pretty fast which was nice. Then Dr Lehman came in another 30 minutes later said my back wasn’t operable. He said this is what happens when you get old. Mind you I’m 41. I didn’t know that 41 was old. Then he said your range of motion is fine, he didn’t lay a hand on me at all!!! How does he know? All they did was a reflex test. I started to talk and he cut me off and said I don’t need you to talk only answer my questions. Then he said I’m sending you to pain management and left the room. He was in there for 5 minutes. After I spent two hours there, I saw the doctor for 5 minutes and the only thing he said was I was old. Then pain management never called. After two weeks of horrible pain, not being able to sleep! I can’t sit or stand. I… can’t bend over, I can’t stoop down, I can’t sit over ten minutes but Dr Lehman wouldn’t know that because he didn’t even do an evaluation on me. He didn’t even examine me. After waiting two weeks and pain management never called, I finally went to Columbia Orthopedic Group and saw Dr. Jenkins. My experience was night and day different. Dr. Jenkins is wonderful! He knew by looking at my MRI AND X-RAY (same one that dr Lehman looked at) that I was in bad shape. He asked me questions, he wanted to know all about my history. He wanted to know what doctor I had seen and who referred me. He wanted to know what medication I was taking. When he found out I have been sick since I was 11 years old he was deeply sympathetic with me! He really cared about me. He made sure I received care that day! He spent 20 to 30 minutes with me in the office. He did send me to pain management and I had an appointment that day. He gave me a diagnosis and explained what he saw in the mri and the X-rays. He also set up a treatment plan moving forward. By the way I only waited four days for an appointment. When I saw Dr. Lehman there was no treatment plan and I wasn’t allowed to talk and he didn’t ask me any questions so not much was said. Like I said my diagnosis was, this is what happens when you get old. And that was it! But I’m only 41 and not many 41 year olds have bulging disc, deterioration in a disc, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, bursitis in your back and hips which is what I was diagnosed by the other doctor and Dr. Newton the pain management doctor! I also was diagnosed with the same thing from my family doctor and my Chiropractor and yet Dr. Lehman’s only response was this is what happens when you get old.

Dr Lehman really knows his stuff. It has only been a week since surgery and I can tell a big difference. I'm so glad that he is my surgeon. I have every confidence that I will fully recover and be back to living a normal life.