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Helping Hands is a wonderful and affordable clinic. They go out of their way to make us feel...
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Helping Hands is a wonderful and affordable clinic. They go out of their way to make us feel comfortable. The prices are the best and that is initially why we came, however, the reason we are continuing is the excellent quality of care we have received. We initially brought our 12 year old Shibu Inu, Miko, in for a teeth cleaning. That went great and was by far the best price I could find.
Then Miko had recently been showing signs of pain and difficulty jumping and going up and down stairs. A quick x-ray showed it was apparent the he was suffering from arthritis. They suggested a series of 3 acupuncture treatments in which they injected a special combination of holistic medicines specially combined for Miko. We have been delighted and amazed at how effective this treatment was. Miko is completely off any medications, but more importantly feeling so much better. He is able to jump and run the stairs now without pain!
We are so grateful to all the staff. They are such a wonderful resource to our community!
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Olympus Spa
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Health & Medical
3815 196th St SW # 160
Lynnwood,
Washington 98036
(425) 329-6559
There was just no better way for me to enjoy my Birthday. First you go to the front desk where...
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There was just no better way for me to enjoy my Birthday. First you go to the front desk where with ID you go inside free, then they give you a robe, shower cap and towels to use. You are then free to enjoy multiple steam rooms, varied temperature tubes and heated rooms. luxury is the word that comes to my mind. They even provide
soap,lotions, shampoos and conditioner. No time limit. There was just no better way for me to enjoy this Birthday. Thank you
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Parkside Spine Care
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Health Care Information & Services
19009 33rd Ave W Ste 205
Lynnwood,
Washington 98036
My neck is always better when I leave. I can usually call and slip in that day. Everyone is...
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My neck is always better when I leave. I can usually call and slip in that day. Everyone is friendly adn easy going. I would reccomend them to everyone.
Pros: quick, knowledgable, friendly
Cons: none
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Every once in a while you get a pet that is just an exceptional animal--like those exceptional...
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Every once in a while you get a pet that is just an exceptional animal--like those exceptional human beings that become your best friends. My cat Koshka is like that, so I was heartbroken when he was losing weight steadily, developed diarrhea, and we had been unable to diagnose him at his regular vets after numerous tests and monitoring his weight. The vet suggested an endoscopy, and this was one of two places he recommended. At his appointment, Dr. Gokhale, a very caring and pleasant vet, took his history, examined him, and suggested an ultrasound, which might find masses in areas not covered by the endoscopy and might rule out an endoscopy. We did this and found several masses and inflammation. I was actually present at the ultrasound, helping hold Koshka in the "taco" (a little trough they put him in to assist in scanning his belly), and I observed how gentle and careful and thorough the radiologist and the person assisting were. I discussed the options with Dr. Gokhale, and decided to skip endoscopy and aspirations and to do an operation, which, though expensive, would give Koshka his best chance at survival, combining treatment and diagnosis of the masses. Money was an issue, and the operation was a big risk, because he had to be cut open "from stem to stern" as it were; they operated on his pancreas, liver, and colon; Koshka was 15; and he had lost half his body weight since his prime when he weighed 17 pounds. We had also talked about checking his lungs to see if the cancer had spread that far, which I initially decided against, to save money for the operation, but then I decided to do this because I wanted Koshka to have the best and longest life possible in whatever state he was, and felt the risky operation would be wrong if the cancer had reached his lungs, would probably shorten rather than lengthen his life. I did encounter some problems other reviewers have described here, when I was setting up the surgery appointment (and again at the end). They wanted me to bring Koshka back for another pre-op appointment with the surgeon, as well as the chest x-ray, and he did not do pre-op appointments on the same day as the operation. Because I have no car, was relying on friends and this was the busy pre-Christmas season, and both the vet's and the cat-drivers' schedules were hard to coordinate, I was unable to do this. I felt that what really needed to be seen was the chest x-ray, not the cat again, and that this should be able to be done quickly and on the same day, and at this point I was feeling there was more of a focus on money and their convenience and not on my cat's health, so I considered taking him elsewhere. However, they did accommodate me ,and we did the chest x-ray, the pre-op appointment with Dr. Gokhale rather than the surgeon, Dr. Snyder, and the operation all on the same day. I stayed with Koshka to keep him calm, and we sat out in a little room for kids just off the waiting room, where I was able to observe many people bringing their pets in and out all day, and that the staff seemed caring and responsive. Dr. Gokhale, who was assisting at the surgery, came out and told me during the surgery that Dr. Snyder was concerned about trying to remove everything in the pancreas, which could compromise the pancreas too much. We again quickly discussed Koshka's possible diagnoses and outcomes, and I agreed he should not try to remove all the masses. After the surgery, Dr. Snyder came out and talked to me about Koshka, and I learned that the risk of pancreatitis (which is usually quickly fatal) is about 45 percent when you do any cutting in the pancreas at all. He also told me about his own old cat, and it was evident that he, like all the people I met there, cared about animals. I stayed until Koshka had recovered enough from the operation to see me, and he was actually standing up in the cage and poking his paw out to ask me to get him out of there. He stayed a couple more days, and the vets I talked to always gave me clear, specific information and advice, did not encourage me to leave him there longer than necessary, and appeared focused on the cat's wellbeing and sensitive to my money constraints. (I was also told about a specific credit card--by an outside company, not the hospital--that is available for vet bills, but fortunately I was able to use my own credit cards and a settlement to cover the bill.) The checkout was done late at night, by someone who told me it was not her usual job, and she neglected to tell me to refrigerate Koshka's medicine (it also did not say this on the bottle) and that the bandage on his paw where the IV had been was a pressure bandage that should be removed when I got home. I left in on for a couple days and this led to a horrifying condition called "fat paw" (yes, really!), where his paw swelled to literally three times its size, and I called in a panic, planning to rush him to a vet. They told me how to treat the paw and reassured me that it was not necessary to take him to the vet. They also offered to replace the medication (I just got it from his regular vet, but they agreed to pay for it if I wanted), and even mailed back the purring tape I had left for Koshka to soothe him. Koshka's post-operation treatment of meds and blood tests has been administered by his regular vet but overseen by Dr. Gokhale who looks at the blood test results and makes recommendations re frequency of testing and adjustment to medications. Almost a year later, my darling 16-year-old cat with lymphoma is alive, happy, and healthy, thanks to the care by these folks and our regular vet. I could take off a star for the problems at the beginning and the end, but I think results are what counts in the long run, and both times, the center made efforts to help with/fix the problems. Plus, they saved his life! The heartbreaking experience described in a review by the owner of Bart definitely gives one pause and should not have happened. I hope she will contact the center's administrators with her experience and suggestions re improvements. Any business should know that treatment of customers (including here both animals and people) is the number-one priority, both for ethical reasons and for the survival of the business. As far as the money issues/problems mentioned in several reviews, I think staff definitely should all be educated to be sensitive, courteous, and keep the state of the pet-owner in mind while spelling out policies. However, as consumers, we have to remember that these policies are made way up the food chain and there is nothing the staff people (and generally the vets) can do about them. This center is likely more expensive than other, smaller vet places because they have professional-level complicated equipment to maintain, like a surgery center for humans. They also belong to a big chain (as was explained to me by one of the places I considered taking Koshka during the initial problems--the guy who told me this said most of the vet centers in our area do, including his), so there is even less flexibility, I'd assume, than with small centers. We might forget this when we are traumatized about the health of our animals, but it costs a lot of money to provide these services, and a business has to stay afloat, each of the staff people has to make their salary to survive, just like we do, etc. When I first came to Seattle, I had to treat my other dear cat, Koshka's sister, for an infected bite and since I was just starting a job, I did not have the full amount for the wound to be lanced; I offered to leave a post-dated check for the remainder. The vet could not do this (I still remember him saying he "just could not"--it was not up to him), and we ended up doing another treatment with medication and hot compresses (I also remember him saying that he would not recommend this other treatment if he didn't think it would work). I went with another place for my cats' vet services, but then a few years later I had a coupon, had forgotten which place this was, and went back there as a "new patient." This same doctor looked a little familiar, but I didn't remember until years later I happened to see that original bill in my file. This same place now will let you split up your payments if you need to; they have put a procedure in place that accommodates both the patients' financial needs and their own, and they have taken good care of Koshka and also his sister, right up until the day she died. Thanks to these two vet places, I have had the joy of my cats' company for many, many years.
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I have a 13 lb Boston Terrier and a 85lb Rotweiller so my pet needs are a little varied! The...
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I have a 13 lb Boston Terrier and a 85lb Rotweiller so my pet needs are a little varied! The staff at Alderwood Companion are so wonderful with my crazy girls! They have sent us home with free samples, treats, toys, you name it. My dog's LOVE to go to the vet, shots and all! The doctors are informative and very reassuring and the nurses on staff take care of you and your pets like family. (Including any messes that might occur while you're visiting!) They check in with us not only after tests and procedures but randomly as well just to make sure that we are all doing okay. If they took people as patients I would transfer right now!
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We just switched health care providers, but we were with Group Health for a few years before that....
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We just switched health care providers, but we were with Group Health for a few years before that. Although I would NEVER recommend this Lynnwood location (or the Capital Hill location for that matter) for your own health needs (I was misdiagnosed and not treated for things I should have been treated for), they were wonderful with my son! He was taken care of and he looked forward to his visits - which is not common for a two year old.
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Lynnwood Dentist Dale Townsan has extensive experience in cosmetic dentistry, and serves the...
More 4 months ago
Lynnwood Dentist Dale Townsan has extensive experience in cosmetic dentistry, and serves the communities of Seattle, Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mukilteo, Shoreline and Lynnwood, Washington (WA).
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I haven't slept for years...
At least that would be the first thing my mouth would want to say if...
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I haven't slept for years...
At least that would be the first thing my mouth would want to say if you asked me about it. Yeah...slight exaggeration but to me, it doesn't feel like it.
My family on my dad's side is pretty much nocturnal. I was raised in a house with my mom, dad, and paternal grandmother so I got to witness their shining example of being up all night and then doing your damnest to interact somewhat normally the rest of the day until you could sneak off and catch a few zzz's. Then, whenever you had free time, you spent it sleeping or if you were really lucky, in a depressive fit...no doubt enhanced by lack of sleep.
So now flash forward to my adult life.
I sleep badly. No doubt this is made more of an issue by the fact that both my oldest (when she was a baby) and my youngest (who still is a baby) held the firm belief that keeping me up all night and waking me over and over and over ad nauseum if I did happen to fall asleep was the best idea ever. Tack onto that intense depression both of the hereditary and situational variety wrecking havoc with my emotions during a very unhealthy first marriage. Now that is resolved but my new husband has severe sleep apnea . His disorder was just recently diagnosed after years of me staring at him with murder in my eyes throughout all the hours of the night and many of the hours of the day. Would forensic specialists be able to figure out that my husband passed away because I stuck my fingers up his nose and pinched his lips shut?
Ok, I am kidding and thoughts of that nature would never enter my head as funny generally speaking but night after night after night after endless, insufferable night of listening to roof raising, earth shattering, shake the very foundation of the house snores made worse by the fact that my husband views me as his teddy bear so he hugs me into his massive chest so the snores reverberate through him, making me enveloped in a veritable cacophony of crushing snores have made me a little...er...'special.' >.<
Next comes the hitching pause where he totally quits breathing for many, many seconds at a time. Of course, even if I could sleep through his snoring rampage, I can't sleep through him not breathing generally speaking but if I could...well, there is the next step that would surely make sleep completely and utterly impossible...and that is the end of the hitching non-breathing where he suddenly gasps, wheezes, snorts and/or chokes himself back into breathing.
Now imagine night after endless night so bad that I made my husband I adore sleep in the living room just so I could sleep a little, teensy bit. This didn't work either btw...I could hear him from the living room!
So...his doctor recommends a sleep study and off we go.
First stop is a visit to the pulmonologist Dr. Cox. Dr. Cox is the most amazingly friendly doctor I have ever met. His is so wonderful that you have to believe that he is a truly good man in all aspects of his life, not just his work but that is a review for another day.
He recommends that my husband have a sleep study done at Steven's Sleep Center and that is where the review portion of this seeming article begins.
My husband goes to the sleep study where he is going to stay all night. The staff arranges for him to have a late bedtime because they don't want him too off of his normal schedule. He usually doesn't get home from work until 11:30pm and not to bed until 2am so they want him bed around 12:30-ish if possible. He had a very nice technician named Ir who was very friendly, knowledgeable and made us feel like he really cared. He was also just fun to talk to in general. Ir spent about 45 minutes hooking Tim up to a bunch of electrodes and leads. This involves skin prep, hooking up, and testing everything. I spent all my time making fun of how my hubby looked with all the wires and goofy stuff all over his head :D You know he appreciated it:D
I got to stay with Tim until he went to bed but until then, we watched TV, movies, ate stuff that the clinic provided to both of us even though I wasn't the patient. We filled out paperwork and mostly relaxed. Tim was nervous because he doesn't like to sleep without me. I was excited to actually get to sleep a bit for once!
I made fun of him when they tried a CPAP machine on him because when he tried to talk, it sounded really funny. He really appreciated that part too:D
The bed was very comfy and all the rooms looked like nice mid-scale hotel rooms but with much better mattresses. They videotape you the entire time you are there and they can also hear you the entire time. Once you are in bed, they put you through a series of tests to be sure all the sensors are working and that they can track your movements and then you sleep.
Tim had to go back to have a second sleep study because he was found to be severely apneaic with his oxygen dropping to very alarming levels. The second study was to titrate a CPAP machine for him which he is now using and I am finally getting a bit more sleep although I can't say he is yet because he is still getting used to his machine.
The service at the Sleep Center was equally as excellent as before. Tim had Ir again as his technician and his service was excellent.
Now here is where I get my come-uppance.
I recently went to my doctor to discuss some of my issues when she looks at me and says 'I think maybe you should do your own sleep study.' Now you have to understand...I did not jump to the obvious conclusion at all. I look at her blankly (because she couldn't possibly mean the obvious, right?) and say 'how would I conduct my own sleep study?' She laughs and tells me that she means I need to go in to the clinic and have an actual study done like my husband just did >.<
I am horrified because of all my making fun of him I did! I go to see Dr. Cox and he is as wonderful as he was before. He recommends a different type of study for me. Not only do I have the all night one but I also get an all day one where I have to take a series of naps throughout the day! OMG!
So I arrive. I have a different tech named Jamie. He totally rocks and is a blast. This is nice since I get to spend so much time with him. He is also very knowledgable and efficient. I have a late bedtime too so Tim and I get to hang out while Jamie takes care of the other patient he is overseeing for the night. I am dreading the hookup. I am dreading the CPAP trial. I am dreading most of it because I made so much fun of Tim >.< My doctor told me that I was going to have to eat crow and get over it ! Hmph!
Then it begins. Now I have very sensitized skin and as an esthetician, I have professional exfoliation treatments done to my skin on a regular basis so I don't want the rather aggressive exfoliation they do before they put the electrodes on because for me, that would just be too much. I was also dreading the alcohol they put all over Tim's face and how they sprayed him down with antiperspirant. The did none of these things with my skin and took my concerns very seriously. If a piece of tape was bugging me, they fixed it without acting like I was being too high maintenance. Tim only giggled a little bit and tried to make me talk while I was testing out the CPAP which I am sure I won't need because I don't even snore but we shall see >.<
I did my night study and then in the morning, I was handed off to one of the day techs named Stephanie. I had met Stephanie before and she was equally great. Very kind and considerate but also making me feel comfortable as I am walking all over the place with no makeup on, my stupid non-matching pjs, my hair full of glue and electrodes coupled with no conditioner or styling products because you can't have those in your hair so it's super frizzy. I looked ridiculous but they made it bearable. I was awakened at 8am, up for a bit and then back down for a nap. This went on all day until I finally went home.
The experience was interesting. Good people, very comfy beds, nice rooms which all helps balance the itchy tape, paste in your hair, nose tubes and more:)
Steven's Hospital Sleep Center was great. If you need a sleep study and are in our area, I would highly recommend them.
They even have a website: http://www.stevenshealthcare.org/ab_sleep_lab.php
Just don't make fun of your partner if they need a sleep study...it is funny as all get out but you may be NEXT!
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Years ago this clinic was phenomenal and I swore I'd never leave, but when the founder/owner took...
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Years ago this clinic was phenomenal and I swore I'd never leave, but when the founder/owner took a sabbatical the clinic took a nosedive. While two of the providers, Josh Webb and Greg Lind (owner & part time provider) are well versed and consultative, the rest of the ARNPs on staff are painfully inadequate in one manner or another. If you absolutely MUST be seen somewhere then try to get in with one of these providers, otherwise, take your time to find a good quality family practitioner. Some may prefer to have an MD provide their care and it is important to note that this clinic is exclusively run by ARNP's.
Pros: Holiday hours
Cons: inadequate care
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I don't usually have great things to say about dentists because usually, it seems, they're after...
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I don't usually have great things to say about dentists because usually, it seems, they're after your money which is seldom covered much by insurance. But I can honestly say this guy is a notch or three above the rest.
One thing I really like about Dr. Robison is that he uses technology in his office that improves his service even though he doesn't get paid any more for using. This shoes that he's willing to invest in tools to improve his service levels, even if it's an expense of his own.
One example of this is his "air abrasion" tool that he will use in-lieu of a drill. For many decay issues, this tool has a miniature sand-blaster that can be used instead of the drill. The benefits to this is that you do not need novicain or injections and it's painless. I was in and out with a filling in 20 minutes because no drilling and no novacain... and no pain!
I recommend Tim - a good guy, thorough and well run nice staff.
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