As a 31 year old woman, I went to Dr. Kallenberger for fertility problems. He suggested IVF. We tried an IUI first, which was cheaper. A nurse performed the procedure, instead of the doctor. Within 27 hours, I had fever and infection. The nurses assured me this could not be a product of the IUI, and I probably had a "cold"... General antibiotics did not work, fever and aching pelvis continued for weeks, getting worse. Eventually, I visited the ER on the weekend; they swabbed the cervix and found an infection, suggested that I return to Kallenberger for treatment, and prescribed a few days of antibiotics to tide me over, until I could see Kallenberger again. After starting this new set of antibiotics, I began to bleed from the uterus. Nurses at Kallenberger's office refused to make an appointment and told me I was having my period. This was the middle of my cycle, period should not have occurred for another two weeks. The surprising part is that a nurse refused to make an appointment for a paying customer(?) Anyway, I bled for twenty days before the nurses allowed me to see the doctor. Kallenberger spent less than thirty seconds in the room, interrupted all three of my sentences, told the nurse to give me a Progesterone shot, and walked out. Everyone insisted that Progesterone would make the bleeding stop. I still thought something else was wrong, but it is hard to disagree with a doctor and his medical team, when they are determined to be correct. As I exited the office, I looked so upset that the employees at the front desk insisted Dr. Kallenberger visit with me again, to calm me down. In our second mini-appointment, he ordered blood work to check whether I was "anemic" because I seemed so tired and confused. I waited for another week, the bleeding did not stop. Eventually, I went to another doctor, who prescribed the appropriate antibiotics, as the ER had suggested. The bleeding finally stopped. In all, I bled for fifty days (the new doctor had a waiting-list for new patients). In summary, I wouldn't recommend Kallenberger. He does not listen to his patients. I could not even finish a sentence. I wanted to tell him about the cervical infection, to insist that the bleeding was not anything to do with my reproductive cycle, but he simply interrupted and talked over me, three times. Perhaps Dr. Kallenberger has too many patients. He is very, very busy. The office is always full, and he doesn't make his patients wait. But when you actually see the doctor, you'll only see him for ten to thirty seconds... I would rather have a longer wait time in the office, and then actually visit with a doctor who is willing to hear the patient's "backstory"... Also, I find it really horrible that the nurses would not allow me to schedule an appointment, until I had been bleeding for twenty days, instead of just six or seven. Also, I wonder if it isn't malpractice to have nurses perform the procedures, on the doctor's behalf? If you need fertility treatment, he's one of the only doctors available in the state. If you need anything else, then go elsewhere.
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February 15, 2013