I was diagnosed by Dr. Dean with shoulder arthritis in March 2022, after an MRI for shoulder pain. He told me that activity would not further damage it, it would just increase the pain.
About a month later, I went on a family cruise, lifting luggage and my 14-month-old grandbaby repeatedly each day. By the time I got home, the pain was much more severe and had moved from the top of my shoulder down my bicep. I could no longer play tennis with the level of pain and weakness in the arm.
I called Dr. Dean, who didn't return my calls until the 4th attempt, and told him that my symptoms had changed noticeably after the cruise and frequent baby lifting. He said it was just the arthritis and that it was referred pain down the arm. I insisted that the pain was of a markedly different quality and intensity, yet he did not so much as ask me to come in for a follow up, arrogantly stating that he had been doing this for decades and was telling me it was just the arthritis.
Long story short, I went to the Hospital for Special Surgery in NY for arthroscopic surgery. Turns out, aside from the arthritis, my bicep was completely shredded and hanging on by a thread!!
Dr. Dean should be less ego-involved and listen more closely to his patients, instead of assuming he knows everything and is always right. read more
