If you're reading this, good job! You're doing your homework and not just taking someone else's word for it at the UVA breast care center like I did. Dr. Campbell is an excellent plastic surgeon as long as you don't encounter an issue. How's your luck?
He misdiagnosed me with complex regional pain syndrome suddenly after an echocardiogram wand got jammed into my left lateral side too hard. I had zero pain previous to the echocardiogram. He said I should have been healed and the echo shouldn't have mattered. Maybe I was healed, but I'm not indestructible. The breast implant dislodged, sagged, and I was left in horrible pain. I had extensive nerve pain and stabbing chest pains. I can't pass an EKG. He didn't believe I needed a surgery to repair my left breast, just pain management. UVA pain management refuted his diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome. I guess being disfigured is fine after a whole year in chemo, immunotherapy, and mastectomy. It's just sagging after only two months post reconstructive surgery. The empathy from this organization is just so low to non-existent in my personal experience. It's really hard to get an appointment as well, unless the "gods" approve it.
I got dismissed from UVA due to patient/doctor trust being broken. Basically, I just didn't agree with Dr. Campbell and apparently his word is Biblical there at UVA. The Johns Hopkins doctor I went to had a very different opinion. He immediately said I need surgical repair after examining me. I did not have to ask for one. I'm getting a neurography chest MRI T3 and then surgery will be scheduled. Soon I will look and feel better, no thanks to Dr. Campbell. Whose opinion would you believe--Johns Hopkins (one of the finest hospitals in the world) or UVA? read more