Well, that all totally sucks, @Reggie3.
I, too, had a couple of surgical 'fails' in the early days of my treatment. If nothing else, it quickly disabused me of any romantic notions that the medical profession are either infallible or entirely ethical.
In the end all my kicking and screaming did little to reverse the damage or even obtain an apology (they stick together like shit to a blanket) but it did have one positive effect; it made me very prepared and willing to question anything about my treatment that didn't seem right. I've learned when to make a complaint and how to deliver it.
I've been accused of being adversarial and combative and my files have big red stickers inside them. Good. If I dig my heels in, ask for further information or question someone's competency, I've got past experience on my side and it is much more difficult to fob me off. And I have rarely been wrong--some of the shit that has happened to me in public hospitals would curl your hair. Constant vigilance is tiring, but it is the reality of our mutual obligations in an increasingly overstretched and sadly unmonitored system.
That's not what any of us want when we get thrown into the great BC mincer, but like any negative experience you can gain strength and conviction from it.
Chase the dude down if you have the energy, but be prepared for some less than satisfactory responses. Take some comfort that butcher boy will be having his own personal stress attack about this--that's assuming he is not completely invested in his own God complex in which case you can only hope to increase the amount of paperwork he has to deal with. MXX
