Maybe he's a great listener if you have great insurance. The after visit notes are full of discrepancies. In 2017 I was rear-ended, at the time I had driven stick shift for 23 years, (automatic 4 months). Upon impact, I instinctively pressed the foot rest where the clutch would be, therefore absorbing the impact with my left leg. The impact bent the frame of my vehicle, and unless I'm invulnerable, my left femur was shoved into my hip. As confirmed in all imaging! See image, left hip upward tilt. In 2021, (not 2018) My son and I were rolled several times when a driver cutting lanes drove into the back end of my truck. The seat belt locked pulling at my legs, I have no recollection after the first few seconds I saw spinning and I saw the paramedics coming who help me. The second day after the accident I lost use of my leg, collapsing when I got up to the bathroom. After I stretched and adjusted my body, I was able to walk the next morning but I cannot lift my leg since then. (I've gotten good at adjusting twisted my body after 8 years of being ignored by doctors). October 2023, I had an arthroscopic MRI, ordered to prove me wrong, however, the imaging showed a tear in my labrum. After the findings, it still took doctors almost a year to refer me out to a qualified orthopedic surgeon, doctors kept pushing me to go to Pain Management. Why fix the problem when we can give you meds! I thought things were going to get better, then I meet with doctors who make assumptions about you as if they had been in the accidents. Dismissing the years of excruciating pain I've been in, and minimizing the problems. This doctor declared my injuries to be wear and tear. I couldn't believe what I was reading. "Her pain is
somewhat out of proportion to her imaging findings." I've been in 2 major accidents and despite receiving inadequate medical care, I have managed to improve my condition on my own. Unfortunately for me, there's only so much I can do and every day is a struggle. I see senior citizens with more mobility than me, having been athletic all my life, I feel trapped in my body.
Hubris seems to be a malady plaguing the medical world, the more specialized you are, the worse it is. read more