Dr. Ximenes initially seemed to care about helping people in pain; however, once seen he consistently tries to sell you herbal remedies and vitamins. one feels as though unless these herbal items are purchased you will not get your medicine and made uncomfortable...While he appears to be empathetic, when reviewing pain and discussing what hurts, and how it differs everyday, he clearly states that he 'doesn't believe in 'break through' pain...' this is exactly what he told several people in a cancer support group I’ve attended. He is also not allowed in Seton hospital. Having to be in the hospital several times over the last 7 years; he could never some and see me. Why he is banned from Seton hospitals was never clearly communicated to me and raised a red flag for me. After years of pain medicine tolerance grows and with every recurrence of cancer, he REFUSED to adjust my meds and therefore I would call and record that I had to take my meds and ran the risk of being out early which meant a verbal 'lashing' would ensue the next appointment; where I would invariably wait at least 40 minutes to see him. I did in fact SEE him, the doctor, which is something that appears to be rare after reading the board. I imagine one sees the actual doctor because he doesn't work with anyone else in the practice which also put up a red flag for a patient. Why? Will no one work with him since he is banned from all major hospitals? To have any procedure with Dr. Ximenes, one must go to a hospital in Bastrop...overall the final battle was when I had to arrive with metastasized cancer and severe pain and he still refused any aid with the 'break through' pain that was now in escalated form and still nothing would be provided to manage that, ONLY my regular prescription of the last two years, nothing additional or available for 'as needed' so I would continue to call and notify risk of a run out early (according to the dr.)  and that meant I would receive a verbal beating. The last verbal beating was abusive after he told me to F@#* Off and then took judgment upon me by saying I was lazy and sought a magic pill and that I should get off my butt and stop being such a 'drama queen' yelling so loudly I was both embarrassed and hurt deeply as he had the lab report in front of him that denoted the spread of the cancer and the 44% chance I had of surviving the latest tumor which is labeled inoperable at this time...and he yelled at me and I said I wouldn't be back after that. he then tried to charge me for getting my records to another doc. he sent me a BILL for MY records...Be very careful before going to see Dr. X!!!

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