Workers comp Dr. Didn't listen to patient. Sent back to work with no restrictions and pads for my elbows. I work on the line at a swine packing house. I don't lean on anything at work and my elbows are bent all day. I didn't miss a day of work until I got hurt. Have carpal tunnel in both upper extremities and bilateral ulnar neuritis. read more

Please beware of this doctor! I went for a consultation with Dr. Curd (hand surgeon for Orthopedic Institute) for a small infection on the side of my finger close to the nail area; after only being prescribed on an antibiotic for 5 days Dr. Curd told me that he thought he should remove my fingernail to get rid of the infection. I did not agree with this solution and asked him if he would just make a simple incision to drain the infection. He laughed at this idea and then went on to use scare tactics stating I might lose my finger if he didn't take the nail off. So after being told this I reluctantly agreed to have my nail removed surgically. The day of the surgery he was running 2 hours late and I should have been smart and left while I had the chance because what happened after the surgery was nothing but sheer torture. When I awoke after the surgery my finger was wrapped up tightly and I was sent home. After the anesthesia wore off I was at a full 10 pain level that no pain med could even touch. My fingernail looked and felt like it had been ripped right off my finger like they do to torture people in third world countries. For 6 months straight this excruciating burning and stabbing pain in my finger was constant 24/7. I could not work, drive anywhere, sleep, or even function on a day to day basis. I tried every pain med available, nerve pain meds, complete nerve block to my entire right arm, and 3 ganglion stellate nerve block injections with absolutely no relief. I would lay on my bathroom floor screaming in pain and my body would go into complete shock from the intensity of the pain. I would go back to Dr. Curd and beg for him to make the pain stop and he would jokingly make comments like "Well before you go and jump off the 11th floor let's get you over to the pain clinic". This man is heartless and so arrogant that he would also make comments like "That finger is my signature." I ended up having to seek out another hand surgeon that would help me through this horrible tragedy in order to save my finger. The nail bed had been damaged so badly from Dr. Curd's surgery that I could see the bone of my finger. My finger now was in such extreme danger of getting an infection in the bone that my new doctor was concerned he may have to amputate part of it. But along with my diligent care to my finger and my new doctors guidance together we saved my finger. I am so thankful to God and the other doctor that today I still have this finger but unfortunately I lost my range of motion in it and because Dr. Curd damaged so much tissue in the tip of my finger it is now also very deformed. Today I can only share my story with others in hopes to save another person from being hurt and treated so poorly by this so called "Doctor"; Blake Curd. "To Do No Harm" is not in his oath. read more