Dr. Arnold J. Zuckman, DPM, has two offices in Monroe and in Bridgeport, I believe. Back on 8/25/2015 I went to him for a consultation at his Monroe Office to help cure terrible pain I received from another doctor back on 9/10/2014 who pulled and twisted my toes.
He was looking at his PC and then said, "I hear the first doctor had a problem with you." Then he came over to me and started hitting my toes. He hit the left #5 toe on the tip twice, the left #2 to # 4 toes once on the tips and then both #1 toes twice on the tips, twice on the sides and twice on the ball of the foot. As he was doing this, I heard him say under his breath, "for that you will never walk again."
My Primary Doctor, at the time, three weeks later diagnosed my condition as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
The result was terrible impairment and pain for life. I was age 80 then.
A Neurologist and another Podiatrist later tested my toes with a tuning fork and said a nerve in my left #5 toe was badly crushed and, if it disintegrated up to the knee would leave that left leg paralyzed.
Other doctors had told me verbally I had shattered ligaments in the joint capsules, ruptured tendons and crushed nerve fibers.
Now I am age 83 soon to be age 84. I have had breathing difficulties at least 6 times in the last 2 years. It turns out I am allergic to all pain medications so must suffer now at full strength which makes life intolerable. The allergy to all pain medications is not the fault of the first doctor or of Dr. Zuckman.
The effects have made it very difficult to walk and stand. Pain and impairment have spread up my legs into the thighs and even into my spine. All social life has ended since I cannot go to Church anymore, cannot attend family gatherings and go out on a regular basis. Driving has dropped to just once in many months if ever. All family members have sharply reduced contact with me and only my wife remains fully accessible to me. My life expectancy has been significantly reduced in my opinion.
On October 9, 2018, my Primary told me I would die that very day and should go to the hospital to have them revive me. I refused and went home. My Primary referred me to Hospice and they came over that very day. They took me as a patient on October 17, 2018, and then discharged me on November 3, 2018. I copied one of the Hospice documents which showed in writing on October 17, 2018, that I was Terminal.
On November 28, 2018, my breathing went very bad and I thought I would die. I called the Hospice and they sent over the EMS and Police. By then I had started to breathe normally again.
Today I am being helped by a Visiting Nurse and a Physical Therapist. Life as I once knew it is over.
I intend to live as long as possible. With all this I don't really blame Dr. Zuckman anymore. As my cardiologist told me last July, we all have different paths to our end. If this did not happen, something else was inevitable. I accept what happened now and will allow Christ to decide what happens. I look forward to Heaven whenever He decides to take me.
It should be noted that what happened to me is very common in America today as is shown in the following link:
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_medical_errors_now_third_leading_cause_of_death_in_the_us read more