As a patient and medical professional (RN), I cannot recommend Dr. Cardona. I had an IUD placed over a year ago at another clinic and could no longer feel the strings. After examination, Dr. Cardona informed me that he might have seen the IUD and that if it was there it was probably working. After a long pause, I asked if an ultrasound would be wise to verify that it was indeed there and properly in place. After pressing, I was told that I must schedule an ultrasound at the hospital. I later found out that the cost to me would be $1,500 out of pocket with insurance. I also found out that the clinic has an ultrasound machine in-house but it is used "only to check for viability" and clients are referred to the hospital for any other reason. After the exam, I remembered to ask the doctor for recommendations on how to deal with a lasting diastasis recti. He recommended crunches (an exercise that is well known to make the problem worse) and said he could give me the number to a surgeon (prompting an invasive procedure without any examination of my separation, which is minimal). Rather than pay $1,500 I went to a clinic in Utah while on vacation. The staff used an in-house ultrasound machine to locate the IUD at no cost to me as I would expect at any clinic.
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As a patient and medical professional (RN), I cannot recommend Dr. Cardona. I had an IUD placed over a year ago at another clinic and could no longer feel the strings. After examination, Dr. Cardona informed me that he might have seen the IUD and that if it was there it was probably working. After a long pause, I asked if an ultrasound would be wise to verify that it was indeed there and properly in place. After pressing, I was told that I must schedule an ultrasound at the hospital. I later found out that the cost to me would be $1,500 out of pocket with insurance. I also found out that the clinic has an ultrasound machine in-house but it is used "only to check for viability" and clients are referred to the hospital for any other reason. After the exam, I remembered to ask the doctor for recommendations on how to deal with a lasting diastasis recti. He recommended crunches (an exercise that is well known to make the problem worse) and said he could give me the number to a surgeon (prompting an invasive procedure without any examination of my separation, which is minimal). Rather than pay $1,500 I went to a clinic in Utah while on vacation. The staff used an in-house ultrasound machine to locate the IUD at no cost to me as I would expect at any clinic.