@taillie I’m so very sorry to hear of your trials. This is just so very disappointing. Please understand, I’m not throwing stones here. Rather, I’m trying to share the candid conversations I had with my friend/ortho surgeon.

He specialized in hips and knees. When he was on call over the weekend, if he saw someone in the ER with a problem other than a hip or knee, he evaluated the severity of their situation. If they could wait until Monday, he’d stabilize them and wait for a surgeon who specialized in their particular issue. Believe me, this guy is not short of confidence in himself.

We should always ask around for “the best in town” for your particular issue. It’s not always the first person you see. Another way to look at it is the old adage of what you call the surgeon who graduated last in his class…..Doctor. Doesn’t mean you want him/her to operate on you. I’m a CPA but you sure don’t want me to prepare your tax returns. Not my specialty.

Another comment my friend would make is that, unlike many of his partners at the Ortho practice, he wanted to do revisions on hips or knees (his specialty) because he’d see what the other surgeon did wrong (or at least what went wrong). Many surgeons steer clear of revisions.

I live in the Midwest but went to Florida (where my friend lives) to have my 2 TKRs because I thought he was the best I knew of and didn’t want to settle for less and could do the travel easily.

Best of luck!