Oldenkamp Susan MD

Reviews 4

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Courtney Enfield

I have been suffering from traumatizing acne, with no exemption towards my quality of life since my last few months of my decorated Naval service. Switching from Tri-Care to WA State Health Insurance was among many of the stresses transferring from Active-Duty to civilian life, and+ luckily enough I was paired with a wonderful primary care provider through QLiiance. My comfort in my health care was cut short thanks to this visit. Having no experience with acne, at the age of 26 my face has been overcome with scars due to lesions that develop and take months to heal. My last was about the size of a quarter and was initially small, with bulls-eye like features, which eventually turned into a BRIGHT GREEN LESION, hell on earth. Normally, I consider myself a confident woman, based on my intellect and skill. That has been compromised; despite all my efforts. HAVING BEEN TOLD PRIOR TO MY NAVAL SEPARATION, upon ONSET of lesions-not to pop or extract my lesions-primarily emphasizing the Sick Call Nurses theory; that must have anxiety issues which in turn resulted in my gaping lesions. That was NOVEMBER 2014.I made a point to only touch my lesions with treatment remedies or while washing my face, yet the consistently appear, open (even during sleep) and always take several weeks to heal. THAT WAS eight months ago. Not only does my skin seem to be deteriorating in small, scarred increments, I have been experiencing a variety of other symptoms random symptoms, including headaches, difficulty urinating, headaches and spontaneous rashes on my legs (accompanied by consistent weakness) Communicably, I have learned these symptoms, along with my skin-could possibly point to some form of kidney dysfunction. Having a history of kidney infection, and generally shitty bladder care (holding it until I could feel my legs, for months on end while working nights on an aircraft carrier-due to laziness and lack of female restroom accessibility). Today was the day, that I finally got my referral, I was counting down the minutes to my redemption, physically and sociologically. I had prepared a list of symptoms-only to be scoffed and insulted by this "healer". I had approximately 3-4 minutes to barely explain myself to Susan, who was very rude and condisendingly instructed me once again told to STOP PICKING MY FACE. I DONT WANT TO SCAR I LEARNED THAT LESSON 8 MONTHS AGO WHEN THIS AWFULNESS BEGAN! I feel my skin is in a stage deterioration and scarring, that is how I got to the the point of obtaining this referral, and at the cost of my happiness-so many days. I am substantially less scarred from previous outbreaks because of my knowledge learned from my trained and licensed Esthetician/Cosmetology background. Yes, I have some credentials. Four doctors and a ships nurse treated me with a variety of topical and antibiotic acne remedies. Since November 2014, and nothing has worked.I have been miserable. My gleam of hope was a crotchety, burnt out light that had no faith in THE KNOWLEDGE of my own health. Disappointed. Veteran still seeking out relief! This woman needs to brush up on her empathy skills, or retire. CourtneyE

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Amelia Bee

If I could describe Dr. Oldenkamps practice in one word, it would be "apathetic". This woman simply does not care about her patients, period. I went to her because I had several new, rather scary-looking moles pop up out of nowhere. Since Im fair-skinned and melanoma runs in the family, I wanted a biopsy on these new moles as well as have some of them removed. Its a simple outpatient procedure. No big deal, right? Yeah, about that... After waiting thirty minutes for her to come into the exam room, she spent only ten seconds, TEN SECONDS, looking over my entire body only to coldly say "nothings wrong with you". Mind you, I have at least a hundred moles all over me, so theres no way she could have scrutinized them all. She also gave offhand remarks as she glanced me over, such as "You have keratosis pilaris" and "this is seborrheic keratosis" in this cold, haughty tone. I asked her, how can I treat it? She didnt even look up at me as she said that she wasnt going to, because thats not what I made my appointment with her for. Wow. Just...just, wow. She didnt even explain to me what those things are, I had to google them when I got home. I have never met with such a rude, lazy doctor in all my life! Her bedside manner is downright grotesque, she doesnt provide even halfway decent care, and she never explains anything. I dont know what to do. Theres no other dermatologist in the entire county that accepts WA apple care, but I simply cant go back to her again. Id sooner trust medical advice from a wild chimp!

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Madi Khalid-Szymczak

I wish there was an option to give 0 stars. After reading other reviews though, Im glad to see I wasnt the only one that had a bad experience with her. Even putting the not so kind way she approaches clients aside, my experience was terrible. I have been suffering with severe psoriasis particularly on my scalp for years. My doctor prescribed some different things which didnt really help so she referred me here. I brought a list of medications I had already tried to my appointment with me. In the whole 3 minutes (if even) I was with Susan, she asked me "why are you here", I told her and then she, without even looking at my scalp, told me I didnt have psoriasis and to go to the pharmacy to pick up some things she prescribed...I picked up the medications and they were both medications for psoriasis...something she claimed I didnt even have. One of the medications was something I had already been trying for months which I had already told her didnt help at all. So now Im looking for a new dermatologist and in the mean time resorting to Google to find some over the counter remedies till I can go in to see a different dermatologist. Im really shocked at the level of experience she has and the level of care/treatment she provides. Beyond everything, my psoriasis is worse than ever. It really sucks that because this is a private practice, most likely nothing will be done but people are suffering at the hands of this dermatologist.

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Rose Davis

If I could give this no stars I would. This "doctor" is a joke. I wouldnt even describe her as one. My appointment was at 5:30pm. I dont get called into a room until 6:00pm. When the medical assistant walks in he asks the exact same questions that I had already answered on the sheet in the waiting room. He then takes out an iPad and proceeds to take a picture of me! Which I have never had to get done with other doctor offices Ive been to. "Dr." Oldenkamp finally walks in at 6:20. She is dressed very unprofessionally. Had no name tag on the shirt. She looked more like a retired teacher then a doctor. She did not greet us, just just walked over and sat in her chair. She asks what I am being seen for. Which she should have known if she read my charts! Apparently the charts said I was being seen for a rash, which was incorrect! I then told her I was being seen for Bug bites I continuously got. She didnt even look at the bite scars. She didnt recommend anything or prescribe any medications. I will never be going here again. Dont waste your time. There are plenty of other reviews on here that are just like mine, and theres a reason for it. It happens frequently. I am now going to see a doctor with better reviews thats further away, but its worth it to me to get seen by a doctor I can trust.

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