Seriously? Dr. Chadadeh is "compassionate"?? I found him to be an arrogant *** with a "God Complex" the worst of any doctor I've known. Rick, the PA (physcian's assistant) was nice, personable, but liked talking more than listening so often got things wrong (and Rick did all of the office visists except for the very last when Dr. Chadaheh took over on a busy day and had everyone's charts already noted and prescriptions written out so that he could get a patient in and out of the office in less than 10 minutes - that visit was the last straw for me, because I had started a completely new symptom, allodynia and hyperalgesia, and wanted something that would help with that - either a change in meds, or an increase of dosage) Dr. Chahadeh refused to listen to a single word, before I finished a sentence he would say "have surgery on your shoulder" to my complaint of worse pain in my shoulder (I have a tear in the rotator cuff, but not severe enough for surgery according to my orthatpedist) or "have an MRI done on your lower back" when I complained of the burning sensation all down my right side (saying that a "pinched nerve" would cause that - BS!! - and he repeated it in a voice dripping with sarcasm and appalled that a mere human would question his word). Since I could not go on with my current medications and dosages I started looking for another Pain Management doctor.

Ashley, his nurse, is a complete sweetie and was one of the reasons I stuck it out with him for so long - she, at least, could keep straight a person's symptoms and meds). In fact I didn't even see Dr. Chadadeh until the first "procedure" was set up in his hospital - a Stellate Ganglion Block.

Dr. Chahadeh came by my bed for a VERY few brief moments, didn't listen to what I had to say (which was the miscommunication Rick had made, that the accident I had that caused the RSD happened three YEARS ago, not three MONTHS ago. As most people familiar with RSD know (and which an SD specialist doctor *should* know), is that there isn't any cure for RSD that isn't performed within the first 3 to 6 months after the precipitating occurrance.

When the Stellate Ganglion Block didn't immediately cure my RSD he decided then and there that I didn't have RSD and proceded to schedule other "procedures" that had nothing to do with RSD - three steroid injections into my cervical spine, then a facet joint ablation - none of which worked, of course. So then since his miraculous healing abilities didn't work, he then labeled me as a drug-seeker and refused to change or increase my medication. Was, in fact planning on *Decreasing* my medications and dosage.

At which point I found another pain management specialist. He may not specialize in RSD, but he is at least willing to see his patients in the office rather than for the first meeting to be in the hospital.

Hugs,

CatNipped