Ronald J. Heromin, M.D. & Tampa Bay Wellness Centre
I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but in the last few months a new pain management clinic was opened in the strip mall behind our house called Tampa Bay Wellness Centre. For two and a half years, we’ve had no problems with the strip mall that is just over our fence. But in the last few months, that has changed.
On January 31st, a Saturday, Debi and I woke up to the sounds of chainsaws. I didn’t immediately realize from where the sound was coming, but soon realized that someone was cutting down all of the trees on the other side of our fence by the strip mall. No one had approached us about doing this. What’s more, the previous owner of the house who put in our fence, didn’t actually put the fence on our property line, but instead put the fence about 2 to 3 feet away from our property line because he didn’t want to cut down those trees. Ergo, the trees they were cutting down were actually at least partially our trees, on our property. I went out, stuck my head over the fence, and got the attention of the woman who was cutting down the trees. I mentioned to her that the trees were on my property, which immediately gave her pause. She was hired to cut them down and was told that they were on the property of the owner of the strip mall. She immediately went to talk to the person who had hired her to let him know that this was sketchy. He and another business owner then came around to my place where I was out talking with my neighbor, to apologize and try to smooth things over. A little late – the trees were already cut down!
Over the last month, with the trees gone, we’ve had several instances where people have been walking around in the alley behind the strip mall at 11:00 pm talking loudly or yelling. I went out there a couple of weeks ago after a guy had been talking loudly for over an hour at 11:00 pm and popped my head over our fence. I don’t know who he was, but he didn’t wait around – he dropped his phone and ran.
One other time over the past week there have been people talking loudly in the alley at night. But last night, at 11:00 pm, it was really getting on my nerves. Then a car alarm went off, waking up Toren. I’d had enough. I went into our backyard to see what was going on, but by that time no one was back there, despite there still being 6 or 7 cars in the alley. So I decided I’d walk around to the front of the strip mall to see what was going on.
I’m probably too naive to realize that this was very risky, but I was pissed. As I walked around the corner to the strip mall and started to head down the sidewalk, I started noticing a group of people hanging out in front of the Tampa Bay Wellness Centre. As I got closer, I realized these people were not really the kind of people I’d want to run into late at night – they were wearing tattered clothing, looked unkempt, looked to be in relatively poor health, had various scars, and looked, well, mean. Having no experience with drug dealers, I can’t say for certain that’s what they looked like, but that was the initial impression I received – white, scummy, drug dealers. There were about 6 or 7 of them standing in front of the Tampa Bay Wellness Centre. When I got to the door of this “clinic”, I started to ask the people sitting around outside if it was open, but then one of them opened the door and walked in, so I followed him. Inside, at 11:00pm on a Friday night, there were at least another 15 to 20 people sitting around a makeshift clinic, watching TV. They looked just like the people outside.
Cut into one wall was a window where I assumed the staff were. I waited while the guy who entered before me asked if he was up yet. Then it was my turn. In the little, unfinished, and really scary looking office, there were three people I could see – a young woman, a young man, and Gloria, a middle-aged woman. I started right in on them, complaining about the noise and wanting to know what was going on. Gloria was the one who piped up and denied that it was them, claiming that they didn’t let anyone back in the alley. BS! I mentioned the car alarm and told them I have an 8-month old son. She apologized, then said that they were going to be leaving in a week. When I asked why, the young man said, “Does it matter? You don’t want us to leave?” To which I responded, “No, you leaving would be great, but it just looks funny for you to set up shop for a month or two then leave.” Anyway, I ended up getting the card of the Doctor who supposedly runs the clinic and Gloria’s name, then warned her that I would start phoning in noise complaints to the police every time I heard them from now on. At this, one of the patrons said, “If you have a problem with this place, you can go talk to the police officer who is watching it from his cruiser in the parking lot over.” I told him I just might.
I walked out to glares from some of the patrons, then headed back the way I came. I did notice as I walked that there was a Tampa Police cruiser in the parking lot opposite the clinic as the patron said, so I went over to the cruiser to see what was going on. I think he was a bit wary at first, but when I introduced myself and explained what I was doing, he relaxed and we started to chat. He was, in fact, observing this “clinic” because the police are fairly confident that what is happening is that the doctor is simply writing whatever patients walk in prescriptions for narcotics and painkillers. My neighbor and I had guessed this was what was happening, but to hear the police confirm that it was the suspicion was surprising, especially because the officer said there was nothing they could do at this point. That annoyed me because the local police recently busted a bunch of people in the Tampa area doing just this. As we talked, the officer was amazed to hear that I had gone into the clinic. He was also amazed that it was open at 11:00pm on a Friday night. He kept saying, “I don’t know of any doctor’s offices that are open that late at night.” Anyway, the officer was nice and did confirm that I could call in noise complaints after 11:00 whenever they occurred. So, I’ll be doing that.
But I also decided to look into things a bit more this morning. Here’s what my internet sleuthing has discovered:
Ronald J. Heromin
Ronald J. Heromin is the doctor who is running the Tampa Bay Wellness Centre. He is licensed in Florida. However, he was been disciplined by the Florida Board of Medicine, on April 4, 2009, for beginning to operate on a patient’s wrong leg. (You can see a copy of the discipline decision here as well.) Unfortunately that only ended in a $5,000 fine. Dr. Heromin has also recently filed for bankruptcy with close to $150,000 in debt. This sounds like the perfect recipe for a doctor to start slumming it, doling out prescriptions for narcotics. I, of course, cannot say that Dr. Heromin is doing that, but his clinic is certainly sketchy. The clientèle were sketchy. And staying open late at night on a Friday doling out prescriptions in a clinic that, from my quick purview, doesn’t even have a room to see patients seems really, really sketchy. So, I don’t know what Dr. Heromin is doing, but it’s not above reproach.
Because I don’t want to keep the card I took that night any longer, I’m posting all of the information it included here:
Tampa Bay Wellness Centre
Office of Ronald J. Heromin, M.D.
1943 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: (813) 374-8950
Fax: (813) 374-8949
Ettinberg Properties, LLC & Haim Goldenberg
The owner of the strip mall where Tampa Bay Wellness Centre is located is Haim Goldenberg, the registered agent of Ettinberg Properties, LLC. Here’s the property tax information on the property, which says it is worth $1.4 million. And here’s the corporate information on Ettinberg Properties, LLC. Apparently he’s living quite well – here’s a picture of his home courtesy of Google Maps. It’s 2009 market value is $688,764.00. He’s also the registered agent of Universal Auto Leasing Inc. at 8542 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33614, which looks like some strange car rental or leasing location. I’d laugh if this also happens to be Haim Goldenberg, the famed Israeli mentalist, but I doubt it.
I can’t believe you walked into that at 11:00 p.m. You’re either much braver than I thought, or stupid as a post :) That took some Cajones brother.
Seriously, think twice before going back over there at night. You never know what tweakers are going to do. And I would suggest putting up plenty of lights outside your house. The criminal element seems to prefer to operate in the dark.
And finally, get a gun! :)
Most likely “stupid as a post”! ;)
Oh, and guns are more likely to kill homeowners than home invaders during a home invasion. :)
Here’s another vote for adding lights outside your house. I can’t go to sleep easily if it is light and I hate light pollution, too, but more than that I hate being a drug addict’s source of income.
I hope that the “clinic” does leave soon, and that the new occupants are operating more clearly on the right side of the law.
We do have motion detecting lights on the back of our house, but I turned them off because they were picking up tree branches moving in the wind. Maybe I’ll turn them back on again.
Debi said she saw a sign saying the clinic’s space was for lease, so hopefully they are leaving.
What was the address of Heromin’s office. I’ve heard other complaints as well, we need to do something about this.
1943 W DR MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD
TAMPA,FL33607
They have recently moved, but I don’t yet have the new address.
Oh just keep me informed on addresses and thank you, also very good blog site. I heard he worked at Gulfshore Pain & Wellness Center Ronald J. Heromin, M.D. 508 S. Habana Avenue Suite #300. Tampa, FL 33609. How could he be at both places?
He very well could work at both places, but I think the Habana Avenue address is the old one (pre November 2009). He left there for some reason and moved to the MLK address. He’s now left the MLK address (as of February 28, 2010). Apparently these pain clinics move regularly, probably to avoid too much attention, as he certainly got it from me!!
I have more information about these people we were robbed by them yet the police could not help a little strange dont you think? i know every single bit of illegal activity that is going on in there, ive contacted the DEA several times if you wonder y they suddenly moved the pharmacy next door vip is involved in it all also. Mark Beltram and Stephanie E. Eubanks Fernandez, were the people who robbed us for our computer equipment the master minds of it all. Mark Beltram works at vip pharmacy. Gloria Fernandez, Louis Fernandez Jr., Louis Fernandez III, and dr ronald j heromin are all involved in this and you are right it opened up over night and i can explain exactly how. I dont believe that police officer was watching the clinic in the way u think he was i believe they are working above the law. Louis Fernandez had a compound pharmacy in land o lakes last year which got shut down yet there is no record of it, his son Louis III has spent time in federal prison because of similar thing that are going on in this clinic. from my understanding neither of them are allowed to be involved in this type of business yet they own this clinic and Superior injury center located on hills. ave. the police wont help the dea wont help and with vip pharmacy still there i doubt your problem will go away. I will not go into detail on this post about the illegal activity going on in this place but i am asking for help. If no type of law enforcement agency is willing to help us our next step is the news maybe the police and DEA will feel the pressure and get off their lazy butts and do something this doctor is turning half of tampa into junkies. I plan to print up your blog and take it to each office in the building of their new location These people should all be in jail right now but as always the justice system has failed us. I’d like your support when we call the news please email me at ilunulm@hotmail.com if u r willing to help put these above the law drug dealers away
and the new address is 2727 MLK suite 590 on the corner of habana phone number is 374-8950
in addition to my last message he no longer works at the Gulf shore clinic he has not worked there for several months
“WOW” You sir are a very rude man. Do you realize how ignorant you sound? You are discriminating against people that are sick and in chronic pain. You say you were so concerned about your trees getting cut down and the noises that keep you up at night but the entire focus of this blog is to run Dr. Heromins name through the dirt. My 70 year old mother who has many medical conditions including cancer is a patient of the Tampa Bay Wellness Clinic and I can assure you that my mother is no white scummy drug dealer. My mothers first appointment with Dr. Heromin was very professional she needed all her medical records from previous doctors, all her pathology reports, her pharmacy profile from her pharmacy, and blood work which the doctor reviewed before she could even sign in to be seen. Once in the back there is a room which had a examine table and a medical assistant came in took her vitals, and did a complete history and physical on my mother. Next the doctor came in and took one hour going over her medical conditions explaining the medications that she would be prescribed and doing a complete examination. Lastly the medical assistant once again went through everything that was done in the visit. Dr. Heromin also encourages his patients to return to him at no additional cost for any illness they may have in between appointments. He cares about each of his patient’s entire wellbeing. You also say in anger about one discipline report against him again I stress ONE. Can you honestly say you have never been disciplined of doing something that was not entirely your fault? Just remember there is more that one side to every story! I am sorry that trees were cut down but I strongly feel you are attacking the wrong man. Dr. Haromin was not the one who cut down those trees. Place the blame where it’s due. Any doctor that is willing to attend to his patients with extended hours one night a week then my hand goes out to him. One last thing you mentioned your child in this blog did you ever stop to think if Dr. Heromin had any children and if so did you ever stop and think how they would be affected bye this blog you wrote. I am sure you didn’t because you as a parent would know how devastating it would be to your child to hear lies about you when someone said them out of pure anger.
Hi upset daughter,
I didn’t say anything in my post that was untrue. Dr. Heromin was reprimanded for making a mistake. That is a statement of fact. Dr. Heromin filed for bankruptcy. That is a statement of fact. Many of the patients in his “office” when I visited were not the most upstanding characters. That is more of a statement of opinion, but based on my observations. I never said Dr. Heromin was a bad person. I’ve never met him. For all I know he is the nicest person in the world. But his “pain management clinic” is a pretty scummy place, in my opinion. Whether or not that says something about him, I don’t know for sure.
Also, do keep in mind that I’m happy to have someone like you come to my blog and defend him. I have only had bad interactions with his staff and clientèle. If someone has had good interactions, I welcome their thoughts on my blog and won’t censor it. I don’t know of any other way to be fair to those involved.
Does me reporting my experience make me rude? Does me reporting statements of fact and then offering my opinion make me rude? Not sure that it does. But you’re welcome to add your opinion to this post.
i heard of this guy is switching locations every few months, his new address is unknown. i need to find his new address so i can keep reporting him. can anyone help out?
He has to update his primary address where he practices on this site in order to remain in compliance with state law:
He hasn’t updated it yet, but if you keep checking it, I’m sure he will soon.
Dr. Hermomin is scum he hits on all pretty female patients, he was caught getting oral sex in the bathroom by one of those he sexually harassed me it was very degrading he is prescribing 420 oxycodone, 320 oxycotton, 240 methadone, 120 xanex, all to most patients if he was a good doctor he would not be getting all of tampa hooked on these drugs half of these patients dont even have anything wrong with them other than muscle spasm. his new location at 2727 mlk is a front office they will do everything legit there but on the weekends he’s located in the 2 story green building n the plaza on the other side of albany take a walk thru there and notice the patients in a room noded out and snorting their pills i have a whole video of it take a look outside this weekend ryan and tell me what u c from 8am till all hours that is the real office and if you walk inside and c these people you will think u r in a crack house the video we released to the dea is unreal and to say this man is a good doctor is totally wrong i know him personally and he is a drug dealer period i have friends that had good lives and starting seeing him and are now addicted to these pills he gets dope sick when he runs out its like heroin but he followed the doctors instructions what happened to the hipacratic oath heromin took when he became a doctor was his oath to get all of tampa hooked on these pills so he and the fernandez family could make as much money as possible. and as for the upset daughter things were different when he worked at tampa bay wellness clinic they ran theyre office different but that office was robbed by the feranandez family and he went to work for them god forbid he turns your mom into a pill junkie like he has the rest of his patients
1ST OF ALL MICHELLE I WOULD LIKE TO HOW YOU KNOW THE DOC WAS GETTING ORAL IN THE BR? WHERE YOU THE BLOWER PERHAPS. PROABLE NOT YOUR PROABLE A JUNKIE THAT THE DR. TURNED AWAY. 2ND QUESTION FOR YOU MICHELLE IS, IF YOU SAY ALL OF THIS TRASH ABOUT THE DR. WHY ARE YOU SEEING HIM? I KNOW WHY. YOUR PROABLE A JUNKIE! SO BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE WHO EITHER HAVE NEVER EVEN SEEN DR HEROMIN OR WAS TURNED AWAY BECAUSE SHE WAS A JUNKIE LIKE MICHELLE THEN YOUR AS STUPID AS THEY ARE. THE 1ST GUY WHO LIVES BEHIND THE VIP PLACE NEEDS TO BE ARESTED FOR DISCRIMATION BECAUSE YOU CANNOT CALL PATIENTS OF A WELLNESS CLINIC DRUG DEALERS AND YES THAT DOES MAKE YOU VERY VERY RUDE……….
AND BY THE WAY IM NOT A PATIENTS NOR AM I A DRUG USER OR DEALING, TO DEFEND MYSELF BEFORE YOU PEOPLE TRY TO BASH ME……….
ONLY CAUSE BASHING IS THE ONLY YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO!!!!!
WITH ONLY 1 DISCPLINARY ONE HIS RECORD AND 1 BANKRUPCY( WHICH IM SURE HE IS PAING IT BACK) IS NOT TO BAD, HOWS YOUR DR.’S RECORDS??????? DONE WITH STUPITY………
This place is s straight up pill mill. They give you whatever you want as long as you use their referral to Bayview MRI. There is some connection there. I hope the DEA looks at this place hard. What a breeding ground for addiction. It’s sad.
“done with stupity”
Now that is hilarious!
Oh, and I should be arrested for describing people as looking like drug dealers? Hmmm… In what world is the concerned citizen the bad guy?
FYI, I don’t have to leave comments like this on my blog, but I’m happy to do so in order to let people voice their thoughts from both perspectives. Also, keep in mind that there is legal precedent that says I am not responsible for what people post on my blog. That said, if it turns hateful, I will start censoring.
First I’m a father of four good kids,and a member of local 50 a working class citizin , about 2 to 3 years ago I was injured in a motorcycly accident,my sHoulder was dislocated and with no insurence of course I’m sure u can figure out. The final result no money no insurence no surgery now had someone been willing to repair my shoulder for a reasonable price (Ha ha) or been wiling to let me pay payments I would be sleeping at nigHt,playing with my kids,doing all the normal things dads do. instead minimal sleep,limited activity and people like these assholes who want to judge others,was your house robed ? Was your car stolen? Was your family in danger? Its a shame that people have nothing better to do than sit and stare out there window on a lovely friday evening, Get a life!! I’m not no fucking junkie ,try walking in someone else’s shoes not everyone is as blessed as the rest of u dicks. To doctor hermomin thank you I will continue to obtain your services for as long as they are available.
I think this Dr. heromin is a quack. I work at a pharmacy and we get at least 10 scripts a week or more from this doctor for oxycodone 30′s, oxycodone 15′s and xanax. You can’t tell me that mother and daughter and the rest of my customers from this doctor has the same problems. He is writing scripts for money. Thats it. As of today we will not be filling anymore that comes from this doctor. I hope he gets caught one day
First of all, this blog is ridiculous. This blog started as a complaint about noise and privacy, then became an attack on a genuinely intelligent, sincere doctor. Ryan, I can completely understand your annoyance with noise and your property. But don’t you think you should have first investigated WHO put the order through to have those trees cut down, and second, after going and talking to the people in the front at the clinic, perhaps gone the next day to actually speak to the doctor himself (whom you apparently had no problem to begin with), before you started to blog and bash a man you don’t know from Adam??
To all of you who want to “share” your opinions about pain clinics, have at it. The REAL fact is, there are TONS of people in this country who are injured or are living with chronic pain who CANNOT afford insurance, surgery, etc. If you actually stop to think about the big picture, the medication that is prescribed allows a majority of these people to be functional in our society, enabling them to actually STAND, WALK, LIFT, or ANYTHING of that sort for a longer period of time so they can actually work instead of filing for social security, disability, or god forbid, unemployment…which guess what, WE ALL pay for!!!
Believe me, he knows first hand what it is to live in pain. During my first appointment in the middle of last year, he explained that he has had 18 major surgeries, 15 of which were on his spine. The highest form of pain-killing drug he takes is Advil. Advil people!! He lives in the worst king of chronic pain everyday of his life. He can’t take anything more because he would be unable to practice medicine. You know why he lives with this pain?? Because he feels it is an honor and a privilege to treat a patient, and he feels it should be done with a clear mind.
Michelle–you just sound the most ignorant of all. You have obviously no idea how to spell or use punctuation, which I’m guessing probably translates to how you present yourself in person. Sorry if that sounds offensive, but I think it’s much more polite than the slander you have written. You are very obviously talking out of your ass because none of what you said has EVER happened in regards to the doctor. If you want to be angry with someone, be angry at yourself for seeking out those meds. And like someone said before, if its SO horrible at Dr. Heromin’s office, then don’t go. PLEASE!!
The junkies?? Open your eyes people. There are so-called junkies everywhere. From the people on the street to the cashier at the grocery store. From the lawyer bailing your ass out of jail to the judge sentencing you. They are the girl cutting your hair, the pilot flying your plane, the chiropractor cracking your neck, the guy selling you a car, the realtor selling you a home, the genetics or sociology professor teaching your children, etc., etc., etc. They are everywhere. So, you all want to be mad and attack someone? Well, just look over your shoulder because I can guarantee you, you will not look far. But to ruthlessly attack a doctor who has genuine concern for each and every one of his patients, it is simply not right and unjustifiable. He doesn’t want to hurt anyone…and that is exactly how he practices, to help people. He doesn’t give narcotic medication to drug abusers. Does he turn them away? No. He wants to help them help themselves. Is he a psychiatrist and can he help them detox? No. But he does try to make sure they get to one. He’s an orthopaedic surgeon, and a DAMN FINE one at that. It is a known fact that people, by nature, focus on the negative. While you are doing all of your investigating, why don’t you look at ALL of the success stories, speeches, papers, and patents that have come from this doctor you are all slandering. Is he “slumming” it? That’s a matter of opinion. He is, however, helping quite a few people, and just because you may be prejudiced to how these people look, whose problem is that? Just because you may see some of these druggie thuggie people loitering around does not mean they are being treated.
Oh yeah, any sneaky business relationship that you think the clinic has with Bayview is also false. Bayview happens to have a doctor and a state-of-the-art MRI machine that Dr. Heromin trusts. Trust is very hard to come by considering all of the FAKE MRI’s people take there daily.
And finally, how dare all of you who have attacked this doctor. Absolutely none of you actually have any facts, just opinions about him. Not a single one of you has stopped to think about how your “OPINIONS” would affect his family. The doctor works damn hard to take care of them. He has struggled and pulled himself back from nothing to be able to provide for them. That is his first and most important responsibility and now to have to protect them from the false BS you have all blogged?? You people are shameful. Have you no conscience?? Do you have nothing better to do?? Because if you don’t, try this. Delve a little deeper than the shallow surface you are apparently used to, and you will actually find an accredited, board-certified, respectable, compassionate doctor with a great personality that cares very deeply for his family, those around him, AND his patients.
Welcome “disgusted” (a.k.a. another anonymous poster/drug user),
As I’ve said before, I’m happy to let your comment stay on my blog. I don’t really see why everyone thinks I’m such a terrible human when I provided facts and then let people disagree with them on MY blog. But, that’s your prerogative.
I do have to correct some of what you said, though. “Absolutely none of you actually have any facts, just opinions about him.” That, of course, is not true. In my original post, I included facts AND opinion. FACT: Heromin has been reprimanded for operating on a patient’s wrong leg. FACT: Heromin had $150,000 in debt when he filed for bankruptcy. OPINION: At least some of the people visiting his clinic are scummy (based on my factual observations). FACT: His allegedly “helpful” clinic was seeing patients at 11:00 pm at night on a Friday. OPINION: Legitimate doctors don’t keep their clinics open until 11:00 pm on Friday nights.
Another issue I’d love for one of the critics of my post to address, which “disgusted” kind of started to do, is this: How many of you would like Dr. Heromin’s pain clinic to be located in your backyard? Seriously. If you’ve been there, you know the clientele he attracts. Perhaps some of them genuinely need the medication. But a lot of them are very scummy people. Would you want them loitering in your backyard from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm every day of the week? Would you want them yelling behind your house at 11:00 pm every other night waking up your 7 month old child? If that isn’t something you would want, then maybe you should rethink your criticisms here. I’m trying to defend my child’s right to sleep at night. I’m trying to keep my neighborhood from being infested with drug addicts. And what I’m getting is vitriol for using one of the only tools available to me – a blog.
“disgusted” and the rest of the anonymous posters defending Dr. Heromin, why don’t you come up with some actual facts (e.g., how many patients does he see, what is required, how long does he spend with them, etc.)? And why don’t you try to explain why an Orthopedic surgeon is doling out pain pills? And why don’t you get Dr. Heromin to come post on here in his defense?
discusted and Done with stupid people are the fernandez family trying to defend them selves “done with stupid people” aka stephanie E. Eubanks fernandez you are the one who caught him getting oral sex remember that… there are nothing but junkies in your doctor office you all turn away nobody and we know this for a fact and they are drug dealers ive had many people sit in the waiting room and record conversations of your patients making deals on the phone while in for the scripts
Ryan, I apologize for my husband, he would never intentially inflict this on you or your family. Toren is a beautiful baby and nothing should ever take away from his safety and security at home. If you had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Heromin personally, he would of treated you with respect and would of stopped the havoc in the back of the clinic immediately! He did not have any say in the trees being cut down and he has spoken in disgust to the person who executed it. My husband, Dr. Heromin, is a wonderful caring physician, husband, father, and friend to many. Yes, it is true that he has had many spine surgeries. He started practicing pain management because he could no longer perform surgery and practice as an orthopaedic surgeon due to the physical endurance it requires. The wrong side surgery was brought infront of the board of medicine and unanimously decided that it was the nursing staff that was at fault, they were disciplined and the hospital as well. Dr. Heromin still had to pay a fine and unfortunately, it will always stay on his record. I could defend him extensively and give many more details; however, I don’t believe this is what the blog is about. Currently, the number of patients Dr. Heromin sees varies. He spends more time with others, depending on their medical conditions. This is why he is there late some nights. He won’t close the door and tell people who have waited many hours that they can not be seen and that they would have to come back another time. He is very compassionate and concerned for his patients, maybe to a fault. But,you should know that the junkies are turned away,(Dr. Heromin can not turn away undesirably dressed patients),and the people with fake MRI’s are turned away. Dr. Heromin has absolutely no financial gain by sending patients to Bayview Radiology. He is impressed by their state of the art MRI scanner and their proficiency.Dr. Heromin never intented to stay at the location near your home Ryan, it was merely used as an interim place before securing a more permanent location. Also, the new staff is working on a better schedule now that they know how much time is required for each patient. Yes, we have endured financial hardship. Sometimes your medical costs, due to unforeseen surgeries, seize your income. Again, please accept our apology, we wish you and your family the very best.
” I will not even dignify Michelle’s accusations with a response!”
I wanted to let you all in on my perspective of this situation. I am a recent patient of the good doctor. Let me give you some back ground on myself. I am a professional individual who has been in IT for 10 years. I am married with 3 kids and a dog. When I was in college I fell two stories from a ladder and landed on a paint bucket. I have had issues ever since. Locally I could not find a doctor who would understand that I am unable to work a full day because I cannot sit or stand for more than an hour at a time. After weeks of research I decided to give Dr. Ronald J. Heromin a shoot. I will have to admit there were many patients there (to me that is a good sign). The wait was pleasant and there were no shady “drug dealers” or “gangsters” that I saw. What I did see were several people (elderly women and men) who have all been in a SEVERE accident or hurt in some way. The office staff was as professional and caring as any I have seen. I met this “Mark” that was indicated in an above blog. He seemed to be a real stand up guy. I was shocked to find this blog posted. Here this blog is bashing this doctor and his practice and staff as though they are criminals. Needless to say after reading this in the waiting room I was wondering what the hell was going on. I was called back to an office that looks like any other doctors office and put in exam room 2 (yes there are several exam rooms). I had vitals taken, blood drawn and was drug tested. Then the doctor and his assistant came in and went over my medical records from both my family physician and my surgeon and even called to pull my pharmacy record. The doc them proceeded with the longest exam ever. He said it was to get to the true issues and correct them.
Usually I do not read or answer blogs but in this case there was not a lot of information on Ronald J. Heromin so I went ahead and decided to read this. In my opinion you are upset about your trees and maybe yourself hooked on narcotics and this is your way to vent. I think the doctor and his staff are top notch. I am impressed by the who experience and honestly insulted by your words. I am no pill junkie or dead beat loser. I am a tax payer, a father, a husband and above all else a human being. If it wasn’t for the doctor I would not be able to function in my everyday life. Hell the doc even paid half of my visit because my insurance would not cover it. Now that is a doctor who cares. Remember there are always two sides to every story and this is my side of my experience with Tampa Bay Wellness Center.
I also wanted to ask what it matters that the doctor filed bankruptcy. I would watch what you post because I am more than confident that you have some personal issues that you do not aired to the world. People listen to me when I say this is a valid practice and if you need a doctor, Ronald J. Heromin is certainly your guy.
Deirdre, thank you for stopping by. I hope all you say is true. I really, really do.
Rob the Programmer, you’re also welcome to comment. However, I have to say your suggestion that I must be a drug addict is about the most ridiculous statement anyone has made in this growing list of comments. Seriously? You’re evidence for that? Those are the kinds of comments that can actually get you sued for libel – a completely baseless accusation. Think about it rationally for a second: If I were a drug addict, why would I want to cause problems for a potential supplier? That makes no sense. I hope Dr. Heromin is helping you and that everything at his new clinic is above board. But statements like yours are completely misguided. I took this to my blog because of my experience walking into his over-flowing clinic at 11:00 pm because his staff and patients kept waking up my son. Wouldn’t you do the same?
Ryan and debi you might have wanted to try a little diplomacy instead of attacking people. once agin were people on your prop,was your car or house damaged,did any one do any thing to harm you our your child I didn’t think so. All you had to do was speak to the doc and I’m sure he would have taken the steps to fix your concerns. Now with that said what gives you the right to air someone eles dirty laundry are you perfect?what does the docs personal trial and tribulations have to do with you not sleeping?nothing right?just remember what comes around goes around,you are attacking people and there families isure hope no one attacks your perfect little family you probley couldn’t take what you dish out maybe I will do some digging, find where you guys work and start calling and airing your dirty laundry to your boss and coworkers. last time I looked mlk bld looked pretty hood to me its not like you live in naples in a gated comm. Come down off your high horse you are not better than any one else. one last question if everything you guys are saying is true facts(blow jobs,drug deals,people snorting pills in waiting room,prescribing to so called junkies,and people loitering at all hours how can the doc still opperate
He must not be breaking any laws you called the cops and who knows who else maybe you should find something else to do besides bashing people you don’t even know don’t forget all this shit is over a noise issue you attacked people and started this blog over a noise complaint you seem quite childish and for your info thousands of hospitals and urgent cares stay open intill late is that a crime? To you and the rest of the slanders get a life and michelle you should get some dick you sound like a real bitch! maybe you wouldn’t worrie about the docs dick. You sound like a mad person what happened the doc turned you away? You guys have a great day to the doc I will see you soon and don’t let the few morons deter you from the positive work you do!!
Bad move, big daddy. While you may think you are anonymous posting on my blog, my website tracks IP addresses. Your physical threat to my family will not be tolerated. I have turned your IP address and contact information over to the police.
You can comment all you want about the Dr. Heromin situation, but threatening to harm my family is illegal and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Oh, and to answer your questions: Yes people were on my property! Yes my property was damaged! And yes my child was harmed! That’s precisely why I am so upset about it.
If those are the criteria you need for my actions to be justified, they are justified.
Also, I tried diplomacy. It didn’t work. This blog, however, has been quite effective.
First I never threatend your bitch ass u pussy , I just asked if u would like a. Motherfucker to slander you and your family and I was right u got your g string all bound up no fun when its your job and family. I don’t give two good fucks if you call santa clause I don’t need to make any threats if I had a problem with you personaly I would come knock on your door and we could hash things man to man I’m not a bitch like you who talks about people on the internet and then crys foul when they want to talk about airing your dirty laundry to your job,church etc. As for the cops fuck them and you search your ip shit its all unneeded just let me know when your free ill grab a twelve and come by we can woork it out like that two grown men ill even bring my kids and wife buy dinner what ever u want maybe then you and your wiff will quite calling dr.heromins patients junkies and drugies and slums which by the way can get your ass sued
Your original comment suggested you’d like to attack my family, per this line: “isure hope no one attacks your perfect little family”. “Attack” is nebulous and could mean physically attack. If that’s not what you meant, fine. Just be careful how you say things. I am very protective of my family’s physical safety, which is what started this whole thing in the first place. I’m sure you can understand that.
If you’d like to dig up whatever dirt on me you want and post it online, I have no problem with that. That is your prerogative. Just keep this civil and steer clear from any hints of physical violence. I have not and will not threaten physical violence against anyone and expect the people commenting on my blog to follow that same standard.
As for getting together to chat this out, I have no problem with that. If you’d like to meet for lunch one day, I’d be up for it. I’d love to chat with one of Dr. Heromin’s patients and get a different perspective on what is going on in there.
Also, I’d like to make it clear that I have never said that ALL of Dr. Heromin’s patients are “scummy” or “drug addicts.” In fact, I don’t KNOW if any of them are. My original post said they looked like how I would imagine a drug dealer looking. But I also said I don’t know what a drug dealer looks like as I’ve never met one. There is a lot I don’t know about Dr. Heromin and his practice. I sincerely hope that he is treating people in genuine need. But there is a lot about his practice, at least as it was organized when behind my home, that made me think otherwise.
If you’d like to make that clear over lunch, works for me. I’m available on the weekends for lunch or Tuesdays during the week for lunch. Just let me know where you’d like to meet and we can chat.
I don’t mean to step into the middle of any family feuds, but I would like to interject, coming from a patient stand point. I have had pain management in the past. Dr. Heromin truly does care about his patients. Some of his clients may be a little let’s say, undesirable, but where else is there for them to go. The doctor makes it very clear that it is illegal to sell any medications and I heard him tell a young man that he better not find out he was selling his prescription and warned him it could get him life in prison. I myself know that I am subject to urine drop every time I see him. I can only assume that the doctor had some suspicion, but it is not his position to police people or cast judgment on others. My hats off to him to take care of the people that are less fortunate. I had an injury that could have cost upwards to $25,000 to have it operated on. The pain was unbearable at best, most of the time. The doctor treated me for this condition that should very well have taken a specialist (and thousands of dollars) but, after hearing about my recent loss of insurance coverage he would not take anything but a simple thank you for the additional treatment I received. That is a true story, but it may or may not have been during business hours and it may or may not have been at current location or for mentioned locations. I only imply that to try to detour the people that have so many negative things to say about a very fair and giving person/doctor and who seem to be a little sue crazy. Somebody’s cornflakes got pissed in or that was one hell of an expensive tree. Thanks to the doc and all the hard working staff. You should start a blog on the government’s involvement with the pharmaceutical industry and the structuring of laws they pass to allow for an epidemic to sweep the nation. You say “Dr. Heromin is ruining lives?” False. He helps people who ask for it. Don’t be mad at Dr Heromin for people that are as you say “scummy”. He is abiding by laws that were passed without any of his control and I might add just so happens to bring in large revenue for the government. The same people that rubber stamp regulations that are conducive to drug abuse, arrest the people it affects, and while the abusers are punished the money mill just keeps on churning. In the 70′s and 80′s it was cocaine where the money was used for special op’s and allegedly to fund arms to countries at war that the US wanted to help win. They just got smarter and found a way to better regulate. You are mad at the wrong people. Be mad at yourself for paying the taxes and electing the officials that created and was conducive to this environment.
Ryan #1 you an idiot a threat is not punishable by law. Did the police call you back when you you sent them Big Daddys ip addy? No? thats what i thought. Why dont you call 911 and tell them a guy threatened you over a blog on the net and they will proable laugh at you lol. so before you threaten people with incarceration remember the police will not do anything till something actuallty happens to you or your family which i personally hope never does and i really mean that but the things you say about these people if they are above the law as another poster suggested and concidering all those so called junkies know that you live behind the strip mall where the trees where cut now that you started this blog. sounds to me like your bringing problems on yourself. i mean no ill will towards you and your family but be careful because junkies are unpredictable and dangerous. and dont take this as a threat because im not a junkie or a patient but i wouldnt want these people to know where i live while im talking trash and calling people junkies and dealers. because anyone who stands to make money off this is now a danger to your family and if its like people say in this blog there must be alot of money involved and when it comes to money even your governer, pastor of your church, even your own wife can turn against you think what a junkie or a drug dealer may do . just something to think about Ryan.
Also Ryan you tried to take a sentence out of context the pull 1 word out and say someone want to hurt you. WHATEVER are you 4 grow up read the sentence in question again dumbass “i sure hope NO ONE attacks your perfect little family” the word attack can refer to a physical attack but lets look at this sentence again. he didnt say he was going to or even thinking aboutattacking you or you family he said he HOPES NO ONE attacks you or your family. sounds to me like your illiterate and big daddy is hopeing you do not get attacked or harmed mentally or physically like the harm you are so enthused to inflict on others i believe in carma and dont really care if you do or not but remember what comes around goes around. your blog and airing out peoples dirty laundry will cause you to be scrutinized by people who donot know you but wish to destroy your reputaion so if your hiding something from your employer/church/wife/ect i would get prepared because it will come out and dont worry about me because im broke and have limited computer skills and honestly dont care enuff about you to waste the time but others will a little more to think about Ryan
“done with stupid people” I think you’re actually contradicting yourself. You told me I should be worried about what junkies would do to me and my house given it’s obvious where I live. Then you tell me that I shouldn’t worry when someone says something that COULD be interpreted as a physical threat. I don’t think “big daddy” is physically threatening me, but I can’t know that for sure and I didn’t know that when he wrote his original post. To boot, I don’t know who any of you are. For all I know, “big daddy” could be a violent person (not saying he is, but how would I know?). The point is, I AM worried that someone will try something. And that has been my concern from the beginning.
Why do you think I was so annoyed by people yelling behind my house at 11:00 and 12:00 pm at night? Was it just because I like silence, or was it because they are likely up to no good at that time of night? And why do you think I was annoyed by all of the people showing up behind my house, particularly when they do not appear to be the most upstanding citizens? It’s not that I don’t like lots of people…
What I haven’t mentioned on here because I cannot tie it directly to Heromin is that my neighbor has found a bunch of drug paraphernalia on his property SINCE Dr. Heromin’s clinic opened there: needles, small baggies, broken pipes, spoons, rubber bands, pill bottles, etc. We have reason to be concerned about the clientèle and what they are doing. Would you want drug users hanging out in your backyard? Seriously, would you? I love how not a single person criticizing me has said that they would want this clinic in their backyard.
I have a young son and a wife and I don’t want anything to happen to them. So, I’m doing what any concerned father/husband should: I’m trying to get the shady people out of my neighborhood. You can criticize me for that all you’d like, but I’d hope you would do the same.
Finally, if someone wants to try to “dig up dirt” on me and post it online, they are more than welcome to do so. I can’t stop them. So long as what they post is factual, they have every right to do so. If they post something that is not true and claim that it is, I can sue them. But even if someone were to post online their opinion (as I’ve let so many of the commenters on this post do) that says they think I’m: mean, rude, an asshole, etc., I’ll let that go. That’s perfectly legal. Hypocritical (since you’re criticizing me for saying something truthful about a person I don’t know, but then you do the same), but perfectly legal.
Ryan? Did you purchase your home? was MLK blvd there when you did. i do think so. dont blame me cause you moved your family to the hood where these type of activities take place. its your responsibility to keep your family safe maybe moving to a well know bad part of town isnt very intelligent i live in the country i dont have to deal with those problems. the pipes pill bottles and what not you found could be you neighbors or even your wife stuff for that matter your right you cant connect those things to the Dr number v1 hows a crack pipe fit in the dr. cant prescribe crack to people and you cant smoke narcotic as far as i know so maybe it is you wifes pipe or you friends that live around you how do you know. exactally you dont. and as far as the threat from big daddy how can you say you couldnt tell if he meant real harm to your family when the sentence in question where you claim the threat came from plainly states “I HOPE NO ONE ATTACKS YOUR PERFECT LITTLE FAMILY” NOW ARE YOU STILL STUPID ENUFF TO SAY THAT IS A THREAT LOL LIKE I SAID BEFORE GROWUP. AND YOU NEVER ANSWERED MY QUESTION. WHAT DID THE POLICE TELL YOU WHEN YOU CONTACTED THEM. EXACTLY NOTHING AND THEY WONT UNTILL SOMEONE PHYSICALLY DOES SOMETHING THEN ITS TOO LATE TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY ALL YOU CAN HOPE FOR THEN IS JUSTICE AND GOOD LUCK GETTING THAT IN THIS COUNTRY UNLESS YOUR A MILLIONAIRE. AND ARE THE THE PROFESSER RYAN CRAGUN THAT TEACHES SOCOLOGY AT TAMPA UNIVERSITY I HOPE NOT BECAUSE YOUR NOT VERY SMART. AND I QUESTION YOUR CREDENTAILS OH YEAH AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU ON YOUR HATE BLOG
Do you even read what I write? The drug paraphernalia started when he showed up; stopped when he left. Obviously he doesn’t prescribe it, but the people who go to him use it. My neighbor doesn’t; my wife doesn’t. Ergo, high likelihood he is prescribing drugs to drug addicts. If you can’t read what I actually write and comment intelligently, I’m going to stop letting you comment.
Additionally, in thinking about what you said, I’m really quite appalled. What you’re basically saying with your comment about me living on MLK is: “You don’t live in the very best neighborhood, so you should be fine with drug addicts and drug dealers moving in.” Really? You really think I should be fine with that?
First, my neighborhood is working to middle class. If you don’t believe me, stop by. Second, that is the most irresponsible, unethical, and atrocious thing I think I’ve ever heard anyone say. It’s elitist and really, really shitty. You really need to rethink your belief system if you think that is acceptable.
FYI, I need to get some work done and the rather ridiculous comments on here accusing me of using drugs and being afraid of being exposed are eating up to much of my time at the moment. I’m closing comments for the next couple of weeks until I have time to deal with this again. Those who have defended Dr. Heromin (without insulting me), props to you. The rest of you who have resorted to name calling, why not use the next two weeks to think through your comments so you can say something useful.
Comments are open again. However, I’m putting some restrictions on them this time around. If you accuse me or anyone in my family or my neighbor of using drugs, I’m deleting your comment. That is a groundless accusation and not helpful. If you make threats, I’ll delete your comment and report you to the police. If you curse, I’ll delete your comment. If this happens multiple times from one IP address, I’ll ban you from my blog permanently.
In short, my blog; my rules. People can disagree with me or agree with me, but if this doesn’t stay civil, I’ll close the comments again.
Ryan, I just wanted to say that I really appricate you taking the time to write this blog about Tampa Bay Wellness Centre. I was a recent patient of Dr. H when he was at Gulf Coast and had been for almost a year before he up and left all of his patients without even a 2 week notice and left Gulf Coast without a Dr. for a week. Patients were left not knowing what was going on and went without their meds all because the Dr. decided that he would rather work for Tampa Bay Wellness Centre for twice the money. While Dr.H worked at Gulf Coast he was a completely different Dr. He did every thing by the book and never ever was there more then 6 people waiting in his office at one time. Now that he has moved it is a complete joke. I had no choice but to go to Tampa Bay Wellness Centre to see him because he was my Dr and Gulf Coast had noone to replace him and of course he quit on the week when I was supposed to go. I have MS and have a legit reason for going to Pain Mgt unlike the 85% of the people that he has going there.
Im 33 years old and a female and was literally scared for my life when I went to the office my your home. I feel your emotions on this 100%. I had an appointment for 10am and wasnt seen until 6pm that evening.
Now they have moved not even 2 blocks down the road and I thought since they had a real office and a nice large building that things would be different but they are so far from different, its a disgrace. I had an appointment at 9am and did not actually see the Dr until 11pm when the nurse came into the waiting room and called 5 peoples names and mine was one of them, little did I know that the Dr was going to be seeing all 5 of us patients at the same time. Yes he took all 5 of us into one exam room and a nurse wrote the scripts and the Dr came in to sign them and then they sent us on our way. Im pissed, hurt, angery and want sumthing do about this. Do you have any idea who I can call about this a report the wrong doing of this office? I need help if anyone has any idea of who you can call to report this kind of unprofessional conduct please fill me in. Im scared to go back there to even pick up my records to go sumwhere else. I dont know where to begin but this has to be addressed. Im fighting for my life and the Dr pulls a stunt like this on me. I didnt leave the office last month until 12:30 which ment I spent 15 1/2 hours there. What kinda Dr’s office does that to its patients? I wish I could file a lawsuit against this place but I wouldnt know how to start or where to begin. Any ideas or advice would be greatly appricated. I cannot believe that I went from going to an office with a great DR that I was in an out within an hour to spending 15 1/2 hours for no damn good reason at all except that they Fernandez group are greedy butt holes who could care less about us patients and only about the money they get for each of us which in one month the office visit went from $125 to $150 by the next month. Nice hun? Like they are not making enough money off of us.
Any advice would be greatly appricated and i really appricate you blogging about this mess of an office. They should be ashamed of themselves. Im ashamed that I had to go into this place.
Hi upset patient,
I’m sorry to hear about your terrible experience. That really is sad.
As far as being able to take action, there are two things you can do. First, you can file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau of West Florida:
http://westflorida.bbb.org
I checked and Tampa Bay Wellness Centre does not currently exist on their website. Nor does Ronald J. Heromin. So, if you were to lodge a complaint, you would have to create the record on Tampa Bay Wellness Centre, which means you’d need a phone number and address for them.
You could also file a complaint with the Florida Department of Health, which manages Doctor Registration and Certification in Florida:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/enforcement/enforce_csu.html
Unfortunately, I don’t think there is much more that you can do at the moment.
Thanks for all the updates. Where did he move to now as of now?
2123 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd is the real location where most of the visits are done, but Heromin is registered at 508 S. Habana Ave., Suite 300, Tampa, FL 33609.
@upset patient
email me – my email address is andrew.booth35@yahoo.com
i know someone with the state that can help.
@upset patient
Hi Upset Patient,
email me @ andrew.booth35@yahoo.com
i have a close contact with the state health department that would be very helpful with your issue.
Upset Patient email me at rwbl781@gmail.com I have some HIPPA information for you. Lets all work together here.
Ryan what is an email where I can contact you directly. I would love to speak with you in regards to this problem and a solution that is on the horizon.
Thanks
I have to say that this is just out of control. The clinics stays open late to accomidate people just like various other clinics around florida, and probably other states as well. If the noise and people ‘looking over the fence’ were such a situation then the proper way to of handled the situation was to contact the police department. I recently have begain going to this clinic and it bothers me more then anything that people are so close minded. If you were hurt, and needed medication just like those who go to this clinic or others, maybe you would understand better, but until then im sure you and others will continue your close minded comments. And just because someone is either young, or doesnt dress nicely doesnt mean that there is something bad going on at the place in which they are seeing a doctor. Hes actually the best doctore ive ever seen.
there is not much i can say because ‘disgusted’ has pretty much took the words right out of my mouth… i just want to say dr. heromin is a wonderful doctor and i am very thankful for him. I am one of those people who cannot afford health insurance and have chronic pain… all i can say is for those of you bashing the doctor i hope you fall into some sort of financial problem to where you can not afford insurance and are in chronic pain.. what are you going to do when you can’t find a doctor that will prescribe something to help you be able to function almost normally… the reason why any of these people look “run down” or like “junkies” maybe its because they are poor.. they are clearly not drug dealers or they would look nicer probably.. they are only there to survive. so as someone else said… put yourself into someone elses shoes and try to understand how that person may feel.. i am sorry that you had noise troubles and ur poor little f-in trees got cut down… WAAAAHH!!! i would much rather my trees get cut down and have noise complaints then be in chronic pain with no doctor to help treat my pain… thank you dr. heromin for being so caring to your patients… ryan dude… i wish nothing but pain on you for the rest of your life… ur a judgemental asshole!
Ryan,
Thank you Thank you Thank you for your blog here. This son of a bitch prescribed meds to my son. My son just overdosed this week. I am legally going after this scum bag. I have turned him in and I had to go to the hospital to pick up his meds I then brought them straight to the sherrifs department. This son of a bitch will get into trouble and be held accountable for his selfish actions. Nothing is wrong with my son medically. So for the “ever so faithful” adicts of Dr. Heromin— Get help before you put your family through this. I have been in medical for 20 years and never ever seen a “physician” prescribe the amount this asshole does. This asshole ill go to hell.
@DONE WITH STUPID PEOPLE
You dear need to get a grip. This is a dirty doctor and if you dont like it than I guess you will find your JUNKIE ass another one. I am going to take this son of a bitch down, he will be going to jail soon. If i have anything influence in this with the sherriffs department than all of his “patients” who medically DO NOT have anthong wrong with them will sit next to him in jail. OH WAIT but you all wont have your “fix” now will you. MY SON OVERDOSED BECAUSE OF HIM! So get a grip and get help before you put your own family though hell for being selfish!!!!!!!!
Angry, I’m so sorry for what happened to your son! As a parent, I can’t imagine the pain you must be going through. I agree that something needs to be done. I hope your efforts are effective.
First off, let me apologize about the lengthy post, I have alot to say about all of this and I hope it helps certain people to look at it from a different perspective. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am only 27 years old, I have a wife and 2 sons, I also own 2 businesses. Due to a work related accident in ’05 (which made me unable to work, thank god I’m smart enough to go into business for myself) followed by a near fatal car accident a year later, I was in so much pain on a daily basis, I was barely get out of bed most days and couldn’t sleep at night, much less take care of my family run my business, play with my sons make love to my wife, you know, all of the things normal people take for granted. I had no health insurance and because of people like you, doctors in my city are scared to death to prescribe pain medication. Instead, they wanted me to undergo a $50,000 spinal surgery that may or may not work, come in once a week for a steroid injection into my back and hips (another $600 a week) among other”alternative” methods meant to ease my pain, none of which are very effective and only work for 1-2% of patients. Doctors here will only prescribe narcotics after you complete all of the methods above and they don’t work, (alot of people in pain cannot afford such procedures because they don’t have insurance or money because they cannot work due to pain, I mean really, who can afford fifty grand for an operation which isn’t even guaranteed to work? Can you Ryan? I didn’t think so) The only relief I got came when I resorted to buying pain medication off of the streets. After living like that for 3 years, I was on the brink of losing everything, my family, my home, my business, MY LIFE. To be honest I had been contemplating suicide. That is until I came across the Tampa Bay Wellness Centre and Dr. Heromin, because of him, I have my life back. I travel 1200 miles each way once a month to see him, but it is well worth it because I can actually live a somewhat normal life now. I don’t really like the idea of taking drugs to achieve those results but that was the only option left, I am the happiest man alive right now, I have my life back!! Narcotic Painkillers were made available to help people like me who are in an unimaginable amount of pain and cannot function on a daily basis. Because of people like you, 99.9% of doctors are afraid to prescribe them to ANYONE, leaving people like me to be trapped in a painful hell. THANK GOD for Dr. Heromin, who knows what it’s like to be in that kind of pain and cares enough about others to stand up against people like you and help those who need it, in my eyes, the man is a saint who gave me my life back. Sure, people who aren’t in pain lie, bring in fake MRIs and other forged documentation to obtain drugs, That is NOT the Doctors fault, some people get over and others get denied (I personally saw the Doc tell at least 12-15 people to leave and not to come back). The Doc cant be blamed for people’s dishonesty, THE MAN WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE, he is a family man and knows how devastating chronic pain can be to every member of the family and how it can tear families and lives apart. The reason for the large crowd of people and the late hours are that people come from all over the country, who are in legitimate pain and can’t get help at home because of the reasons I mentioned above. Unfortunately, that also draws drug seekers too, the Dr can’t do anything about them showing up but you can bet your ass that if they don’t have anything wrong with them, the Doc is going to turn them away. Bottom line, the only thing that Dr. Heromin is guilty of is caring about people, he is the kind of guy that would give his life for a complete stranger, even someone like you that is trying to destroy his life. As far as the comment MICHELLE made about his oath, he is going above and beyond what any other Dr. would do, this is a man that really cares and as far as a Hippocratic oath goes, the man is raising the bar and setting a new standard.
FYI, I’ve now instituted the first ban on this comment thread. “Leave the Good Dr. Alone!!!” posted the above comment, then proceeded to attack other people who had commented in ways that were wholly inappropriate, calling them liars (among other things). I deleted his two follow-up comments because they were inappropriate and he has now been banned from my blog – permanently. Keep the conversation civil, people, or else!
ANGRY, first off let me say that I’m sorry to hear that your son overdosed but I think blaming the Dr. is completely uncalled for, lets take a look at what you said, “MY SON OVERDOSED BECAUSE OF HIM!” that is ridiculous, you can’t be serious. So, in saying that, you mean that the Dr. physically made your son overdose, did he put a gun to your son’s head and make him take the pills? I don’t think so. Now I don’t know your son but it sounds to me like he is a drug addict who went into the clinic with a fictitious tale (similar to “leave the good Dr. alone” legitimate one) and a fake MRI (that is the only way that the Dr. is going to prescribe meds, a sob story isn’t enough) in hopes of getting drugs to support his habit. Being that the Dr. is a compassionate and caring man and believed your son’s lies, he wanted to help him and prescribed him meds. Your son had to be pretty deceitful in order for the Dr. to prescribe him meds because the Dr. is not going to knowingly give out meds to those who don’t need them. For you to blame the Dr. for your son’s problem is completely out of line and I cannot believe that you are serious, really, that just blows my mind. Going after the Dr. is not going to solve the problem. IT IS NOT THE DOCTOR’S FAULT, IT IS YOUR SON’S FAULT! PLEASE, UNDERSTAND THIS!! Even if you get the Dr. shut down (which is doubtful because it’s not his fault and any judge is going to agree) your son is still going to have a drug problem, he is just going to obtain drugs through other means (like drug dealers on the street) he might just quit abusing pain pills altogether and start doing heroin, like many other drug addicts. The Dr. is not the problem here, your son’s addiction is the blame. If you want to help your son, you need to get to the real cause of the problem, you need to check your son into rehab. By attacking the Dr., you aren’t going to help your son, you are only going to hurt the people that truly need his help, it’s not going affect your son at all, he is still going to be an addict and all of the legitimate patients are going to have to go back to their lives of pain. How would you feel knowing that your actions were the cause of several hundred people being forced to live with debilitating pain, not being able to work, care for their families or live normal lives. Dr. Heromin is the last resort for people like me that have tried everything (surgeries, etc.) to no avail. and by the grace of god, found Dr. Heromin and the Tampa Bay Wellness Centre, they gave me my life back!! please, don’t try to take my life away from me, that isn’t right. It’s not the doc’s fault that he was lied to by your son, please, dont take this the wrong way but your son is in the wrong here, he broke the law when he lied to the doc, the Dr. was just trying to help someone who he believed needed his help. Be a good parent and be a good person, leave the Dr. alone, your son’s problems are not his fault, get your son into rehab, please, don’t try to mess things up for those of us that really need the Dr’s help. I know you are upset about your son and you feel like someone needs to take the blame, I think that deep down, you know that the Dr. isn’t at fault, you know your son is to blame, and out of a fit of rage and not thinking clearly, you wrongfully blamed the Dr., thats understandable, you need to get your son the help he needs, get him into rehab, he is going to need your support, you need to be there for him and help him address his problems. For the sake of your son, don’t be in denial about this, if you don’t address your son’s problem, it is only going to get worse.
P.S. The Dr. has now started doing MRIs on site to prevent people from bringing in fake ones, he will not accept MRIs from anywhere else, he is also going to have all of his follow-up patients get new MRIs on site also, to make sure their original one is accurate. The Dr. really does just want to help people who need him and he is taking more drastic steps to make sure that addicts and drug seekers do not abuse his services. Rest assure that he is doing everything that he can to keep people like that out of his office.
RYAN, let me start by saying that I know that this is your blog and you have the right to ban or censor anyone you want but based on your previous posts, you seem to be a fair person and value equal rights, is this correct? You banned someone because you said that they “attacked” other people on this post, I wouldn’t call it attacking them, just simply pointing out the fact that not everything they had stated was the truth. I think that when forming an opinion about someone like Dr. Heromin, you should take into consideration all of the good that he does as well as the negative experiences that people have had. That being said, wouldn’t you only want to hear the truth? If someone is making false accusations, wouldn’t you want to know that they were false? That way you could disregard their statements and not let them cloud your judgment. The person you banned was simply presenting facts that proves that another person was not being honest. Wouldn’t you like to formulate your opinion of the Dr. based on facts, rather than a disgruntled person’s untruthful slander?
You said that you banned that person for “attacking” someone else on this post, right? Then why wasn’t “Angry” banned for attacking “done with stupid people”, what “Angry” said was way worse than what the other person said. If you are not going to let people speak freely, then at least hold everyone to the same standards. Or did you just ban “Leave the good Dr. alone” because what he said was true but contradicted your opinions on the Dr.? If someone intelligently defends the Dr. with true statements, you just ban them because they don’t share the same opinions as you, but no matter how ignorant and untruthful other peoples posts are, as long as they share the same one-sided views as you, that’s cool, they are free to attack whoever and say whatever they want.
Just so you know, I’m not trying to attack you Ryan, I’m just trying to understand where you are trying to go with all of this, are you trying to be the super hero that brings down the evil doctor? Are you trying to rally people to get behind you so you can go and “picket” this Dr. and try to ruin his life? Well if that happens, I will start a movement to oppose you made up of hundreds people all over who have been given their lives back by the Dr., who can now get out of bed every day and take care of their families because of him. Were you just bored and pissed off that someone cut your trees down, (that was wrong that they did that) but I don’t think it warrants you trying to ruin a good man’s life. In one of your previous posts, you said that you were worried about your son’s safety, let’s get real here, exactly how was your son threatened? Because a car alarm went off? Because someone was talking loud? If you’re worried about those things, maybe you should take your family, and move to Antarctica, where he will be safe from society, and far away from the clutches of the evil Dr. Heromin, lol. I know what it’s like to be a father and want to protect your family but do you not think that this is a little overboard, really? You were pissed about all of this, you went and talked to the staff at the clinic, and what happened, they moved, it sounds like the issue is resolved to me. So, i ask you, Ryan, what exactly are you fighting for? What are you trying to stand up for? Are you just not going to rest until all of who need the doc’s help are back to living with our pain everyday? Are you just not going to be happy until I can’t take care of my family anymore because I’m in so much pain? Seriously man, the just leave the Dr. alone, he isn’t doing anything to hurt you or your family, in fact, if you were in pain like I was, you would be extremely thankful that he is around, because if you had it like I did, you wouldn’t be able to take care of your family like you are now, I promise you that. Sure, addicts and drug seekers are giving the Dr. a bad wrap, but guess what? He is taking drastic measures to get rid of those kind of people at his clinic. What about the hundreds of people that he helps? Not all of us are as fortunate to be pain free like you are and we need his help, he is our last resort and I will stand up for him to the fullest! Really man, he isn’t effecting you in any way, why don’t you just leave him alone and go protest against someone that really deserves it!