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Breast Cancer is a Nightmare - Don’t Add This “physician” to Your List of Horror Stories!
I had to take some time (almost two years, in fact) to step away from my experience with Dr Gallagher and really examine exactly how the whole experience went so poorly and accept any ownership I had in the train wreck better known as my double mastectomy.
I was young (40) had four young children, and a very demanding administrative job in a local school system. I had just completed chemo and went to Dr. Gallagher because he was “the best” according to sites like this and word of mouth. From the moment I met him, I knew it was going to be a horrible experience. He was arrogant, boastful, spent maybe 5 minutes “talking at me” about what he was going to do and then disappeared...on to the next patient! (His nursing staff was amazing!!) Nevertheless, I was so beat down and ready for everything to be over, I scheduled my surgery and started planning for recovery.
The dreaded day crept closer and I was diligently preparing my job for my absence (I train teachers) and then one afternoon, I got a call from Dr Gallagher’s office. Apparently he had decided to go “fox hunting in the UK” and needed to bump my mastectomy up two days...that shouldn’t be a problem, right? Well, it was. I was terrified! My work plans weren’t finalized, I didn’t have all my kids activities covered, but whatever...he was “the best” so let’s go! After the procedure, I was in significant pain. Dr Gallagher prescribed a very light morphine, and after a night of hitting the 1mg morphine pump every two hours with absolutely no relief, he told the floor nurse he “didn’t handle that” (he was actually probably in a horse hunting a fox somewhere) and tossed my pain management to my cancer surgeon, who generously allowed my husband to go to his home to pick up a pain prescription at 8:00 at night because Dr Gallagher “didn’t do that” and I could have some pain relief and begin to recover.
A few days at my post-op appointment is when it really, really went poorly. After driving 25 minutes to his office (road bumps for post mastectomy patients are brutal!) we were informed that Dr Gallagher was about “three hours behind” and we could wait. Ummm...what?! I became enraged, said a few things that I wouldn’t say in front of my mother or my preacher, and went to the car to cry. I was at my absolute rock bottom. My sweet husband took me to Starbucks nearby to wait and calm me down. We got a call soon after that and we went back to his office. Once we got there, I was fuming. I unleashed my rage on Dr Gallagher and you know what...he served it right back at me with even more rage and even slammed the office door in my face! A cancer patient...just days post mastectomy...scared and angry...and he slammed the door. In my face.
I never wanted to see that man again but I went on with “the fills” and ultimately the implant exchange. I told him it was too big. I told him I hated them. He didn’t care. He told me “I can fix them” walked away and on to the next patient.
A week or so later after the door slamming incident, I did receive an apology letter from Dr Gallagher...I didn’t read it because frankly I didn’t care. I just threw it away. I’m not a litigious person but in this case I could have been.
I found a physician in Nashville that specializes in “botched” breast reconstruction and he said the under the muscle implants I had were some of “the worst” he has ever seen. It’s taken me four additional surgeries to un-do what Dr Gallagher did. Because of the implants Dr Gallagher used were so large, my muscles had torn from my chest wall and had to be “scored” so they could re-attach. Yeah...that was fun!
I am thankful for this experience. I’m thankful that it has taught me not to trust someone blindly because they have a degree, a fancy office, and five star reviews. I’m thankful for the nurses at Dr Gallagher’s office for treating me so well, I’m thankful for my husband who let me process my emotions and I am extremely thankful for my new physician in Nashville. Ladies...trust your gut. If a doctor makes you feel “weird” or as if you aren’t the only patient in the world, move on. (I should have!!!) I have a REALLY GOOD ONE in Nashville!!
I was young (40) had four young children, and a very demanding administrative job in a local school system. I had just completed chemo and went to Dr. Gallagher because he was “the best” according to sites like this and word of mouth. From the moment I met him, I knew it was going to be a horrible experience. He was arrogant, boastful, spent maybe 5 minutes “talking at me” about what he was going to do and then disappeared...on to the next patient! (His nursing staff was amazing!!) Nevertheless, I was so beat down and ready for everything to be over, I scheduled my surgery and started planning for recovery.
The dreaded day crept closer and I was diligently preparing my job for my absence (I train teachers) and then one afternoon, I got a call from Dr Gallagher’s office. Apparently he had decided to go “fox hunting in the UK” and needed to bump my mastectomy up two days...that shouldn’t be a problem, right? Well, it was. I was terrified! My work plans weren’t finalized, I didn’t have all my kids activities covered, but whatever...he was “the best” so let’s go! After the procedure, I was in significant pain. Dr Gallagher prescribed a very light morphine, and after a night of hitting the 1mg morphine pump every two hours with absolutely no relief, he told the floor nurse he “didn’t handle that” (he was actually probably in a horse hunting a fox somewhere) and tossed my pain management to my cancer surgeon, who generously allowed my husband to go to his home to pick up a pain prescription at 8:00 at night because Dr Gallagher “didn’t do that” and I could have some pain relief and begin to recover.
A few days at my post-op appointment is when it really, really went poorly. After driving 25 minutes to his office (road bumps for post mastectomy patients are brutal!) we were informed that Dr Gallagher was about “three hours behind” and we could wait. Ummm...what?! I became enraged, said a few things that I wouldn’t say in front of my mother or my preacher, and went to the car to cry. I was at my absolute rock bottom. My sweet husband took me to Starbucks nearby to wait and calm me down. We got a call soon after that and we went back to his office. Once we got there, I was fuming. I unleashed my rage on Dr Gallagher and you know what...he served it right back at me with even more rage and even slammed the office door in my face! A cancer patient...just days post mastectomy...scared and angry...and he slammed the door. In my face.
I never wanted to see that man again but I went on with “the fills” and ultimately the implant exchange. I told him it was too big. I told him I hated them. He didn’t care. He told me “I can fix them” walked away and on to the next patient.
A week or so later after the door slamming incident, I did receive an apology letter from Dr Gallagher...I didn’t read it because frankly I didn’t care. I just threw it away. I’m not a litigious person but in this case I could have been.
I found a physician in Nashville that specializes in “botched” breast reconstruction and he said the under the muscle implants I had were some of “the worst” he has ever seen. It’s taken me four additional surgeries to un-do what Dr Gallagher did. Because of the implants Dr Gallagher used were so large, my muscles had torn from my chest wall and had to be “scored” so they could re-attach. Yeah...that was fun!
I am thankful for this experience. I’m thankful that it has taught me not to trust someone blindly because they have a degree, a fancy office, and five star reviews. I’m thankful for the nurses at Dr Gallagher’s office for treating me so well, I’m thankful for my husband who let me process my emotions and I am extremely thankful for my new physician in Nashville. Ladies...trust your gut. If a doctor makes you feel “weird” or as if you aren’t the only patient in the world, move on. (I should have!!!) I have a REALLY GOOD ONE in Nashville!!
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