Why wasn't I paying better attention when Dr. Timothy Flood, the retinal specialist, looked quite disturbed when I first met him and he asked what kind of work I did and I told him I was a retired lawyer?
Had he been on the receiving end of some legal actions?
Did his wandering mouth get him in trouble by harming others as it harmed me? I'll never know! But give the horrendous events of the past few years I know that I should have paid better attention to those tell-tale signs!
Did he not realize the effects his words could have, as when I asked him why I had this retina condition, and his immediate (and erroneous) answer was: "because you are on Prolia!"
Unfortunately, at that time, I actually believed this highly trained medical expert knew what he was talking about!!!
But it was this careless -- and actually -- ignorant remark, by an expert who must have known better -- that led to the pain and disability I live with to this day!!!!!
Did he not know or did he not care that the correct answer (as discussed further in these posts) would have been: "because you have osteoporosis!" ????
Couldn't he have squeezed that big long word "osteoporosis" out of his hyper-educated little mouth?
Did he really not know that having osteoporosis was NOT the same as being on Prolia?
What did he think I was going to do with this information?
I will likely never know the answers to any of these questions. But to my everlasting pain and sorrow, I believed him and followed what I believed was his implicit advice! To this day I live with the pain and disability created by this erroneous statement!
Until he acknowledges this error (which, given his arrogance, I doubt that he ever will) I do not believe he should be treating or advising patients in any capacity.
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