Family Practice Associates

Now there is no arguing they have a good staff– they’re polite and for the most part, organized. The reason I give one star is because of negligence. My stepfather had felt ill, body aches, back pains, run down fatigued feeling, and went to them MULTIPLE times. Every time he would come back being told «tendonitis,» and they’d give him some medication until the next time. This went on for upwards to 6 – 8 months… until he looked so sick I convinced my mother to bring him to the ER. They went the next morning and found out he had multiple myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells). Just an A simple blood test or X ray would have told them he had cancer, but they never took any tests. FYI, when this occurred our family had been visiting this doctor’s office for years, myself at the time, about 2 years. Next moment of doubt comes from when I visited for a «woman issue» (I assumed it was a bartholin cyst, after countless googling/​wedmd diagnosing myself) and was told it was a «lymph node in my vagina.» After following all of the doctors orders (she isn’t a main doctor of the practice, I believe she is a «practitioner»? No other doctors were available and I needed to see a doctor ASAP), and even receiving a phone call from the doctor, she still was convinced it was just a swollen lymph node and to not worry about it unless I was in pain or it got bigger. Well, the next morning I woke up in IMMENSE pain. I couldn’t barely walk, sit without pain, or move without feeling it. I immediately knew I had to go to the ER, and about an hour after I had arrived, I was being told I had an extremely infected BARTHOLIN’S CYST and I had to be rushed to get it drained, AWAKE, with a little novicane shot and a oxycotin. After having to be one pain pills for a straight week, having to call off of work for a week, and feel the worst pain of my life, I will never, ever go here again. I researched a little after the fact, and found out bartholin’s cysts can drain naturally with epson salt baths and heat, and if I would of been diagnosed correctly, I could have prevented an ER trip that cost money, time, pain, and a scar that will never heal. So, no thank you.

Unfortunately I am sick and had to go see the doctor today. Fortunately I have an amazing doctor at Family Practice Associates, Dr. Pogorelic. Even though the wait is longer than I would usually care for, I am always greeted with a smile and a handshake from my doctor. I can go in with one issue and leave having discussed multiple topics. Dr. Pogo is a wealth of information. He is always happy to share the knowledge or to give me tips to help me become healthier (because I ask him to). Even though my husband is reluctant to go to any doctor, he always comes out feeling better, saying he got a shot, and… (telling me about something that I didn’t know or just didn’t want to remember). Secretly I think he actually enjoys the visits too.
The staff is always friendly and seem to recognize me when I go in. And I have never been disappointed when I can’t get in to see Dr. Pogo. Dr. Lutzke is kind and very helpful. And Dr. Simon is almost as good as Dr. Pogo. When I last saw him, he brought up another area of concern that I hadn’t thought about. What a team! Needless to say I recommend this practice to anyone who asks, and they too have gone and became patients there.
I think it says something that the doctors at this practice frequently have newer doctors shadowing them and learning from their patient care techniques. Great care and great doctors!