I am writing this so that no one else has to go through what I just did!I had foot surgery this morning at the Sutter Alhambra Surgery Center and what a horrible experience I had with the anesthesiologist, a Dr Willam Lee!
As he was administering the anesthesia in my arm before surgery, he explained that I would feel a warm sensation. So, when it started feeling very cold instead, I said that it felt not warm but very cold. He immediately became very nervous. Then, I started feeling extreme pain and I mean extreme! it was so extreme that I started moaning (while trying not to scream) and spoke in an urgent raspy pain-filled voice (that was very different than the tone of voice I had been using) saying,"It is very very painful now!" He then said, in a cold, horrible, strange manner, "Life is pain!"
I felt at that moment that this man might start drawing out this pain, because of the way he spoke to me. I really did feel like I was in a torture chamber and this Dr Lee was the evil person who had control over torturing me but this was no joke! I was praying that this wouldn't last too long but it went on for another 15, 20 or so seconds! I Thank God so much for that relief! Now you may be thinking that maybe this guy can't tolerate pain but let me tell you that this is coming from a guy who had frozen shoulder, who endured bouts of 3 or 4 hours of strong pain in the middle of the night and I didn't take the pain medication I was given then because I didn't like the way it made me feel. So I can take pain! But this pain today with Dr Lee was much much stronger. I have never felt so much pain in my entire life! And I have had surgery at this center before; one of those times was earlier this year for shoulder surgery. The Anesthesiologist at that time was Dr Dickerson and he was wonderful! and so was and is the whole rest of the staff! I really do believe that not only was I treated heartlessly and cruelly by the anesthesiologist, Dr Willaim Lee, but that he was and is also incompetent! Why is it that through all my many surgeries (5+), I have never felt any discomfort or pain while being administered anesthesia and this time I felt extreme unbearable pain for so long. Dr Willam Lee is truly incompetent; he is unprofessional; and he acts cruel to helpless patients. He should not be allowed to practice anesthesiology! I hope he is no longer allowed to administer anesthesia at the Sutter Alhambra Surgery Center! I spoke with the manager of the center right after it happened and explained my experience to her in detail. If you, as a patient, do not want Dr Lee to work on your surgery, then I suggest you let them know way before your surgery, otherwise you may be tortured and your experience might last longer than mine!. You might be able to request Dr Dickerson. He is fantastic in every way! read more