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PaintWarrior 07/20/2011

HAS ANYBODY HERE GONE TO DUKE HOSPITAL IN NC TO SEE ANY NEUROS THERE OR TO GET EVALUATED FOR MS??? IF SO HOW DID IT GO??? AND, WHO DID YOU SEE???

deleted_user 07/21/2011

I went...was not impressed at all. The specialist was extremely rude and wouldn't even answer my questions. Cannot think of his name, but even my neuro said he was a rude man. (of course then i asked why he even sent me)! lol...I'll have to look up his name because I cannot remember (another symptom of my MS)...but that is just one specialist of many. Duke is a very reputable hospital.

PaintWarrior 07/21/2011

THANK YOU SOOO VERY MUCH FOR THIS POST & FOR YOUR REPLAY & COMMENTS!!!!! LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU THINK OF THE OTHER GOOD DOCTOR, OR THE NAME OF THAT BAD ONE! I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT RUDE JERK!!!!

SO VERY SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT AT SUCH A REPUTABLE HOSPITAL!!!!! BUT THERE'S ASSHOLES EVERYWHERE APPARENTLY!!!!

deleted_user 07/21/2011

My husband was not happy either at Duke or UNC. We finally switched to Raleigh Neurology (Dr Freedman). MUCH BETTER!!!

RiseAndShineSunshine 07/22/2011

I love Raleigh Neurology they are awesome !!!

timetraveler 07/22/2011

I have terrible experiences at Duke. They have a new MS specialist but I hate Duke so much that I would never go there. I could tell you stories about that place. I got my records and will NEVER go back. That place is really awful. Forget about how they rate in the magazines, I know many people who have had terrible experiences there.

The old MS specialist had all kinds of nightmare stories about him. The other Duke owned hospital (Durham Regional) in Durham, NC is not even handicapped accessible. I complained to no avail so I am making formal complaints. And someone I know with MS might be suing Durham Regional (Duke owned).

So, I go to Raleigh Neurology (Durham division). I love my doc there, but I know of Dr. Freedman in Raleigh and people like him. They also like Dr. Bowman in Raleigh (both of Raleigh Neurology, Raleigh, NC). The best neuro in the State is Goetzl in Durham, Raleigh Neurology. I love that neurologist. He is really great and cares about his patients.

The Duke doc that NCLizD might referring to has retired. I don't know about the new one but he is overbooked from what I hear. The thing is Duke is so bad about accessibility that the Neurology Department is so far away from the parking garage that it is ridiculous. And their parking garages are awful. You don't want to walk there in 100+ degree weather. I would not even consider Duke.

Stick with Raleigh Neurology, either in Durham or Raleigh. NEVER DUKE!!

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