Late in December of 2001 a drunk driver caused a roll-over wreck I was in. The vehicle I was in rolled, and rolled... three times before landing on the tires, blowing them all out as well. And then bursting into flames! (It was on HWY 412 at speeds over 70MPH) My neck was broken. I was diagnosed upon arrival at St John's as a quadraplegic! I had a wonderful, gifted neurosurgeon who saved my life, restored movement to limbs and digits (Thank God) even if he couldn't get all bone frags from ground up C4 out of my spinal cord. C5 was gone as well and dics blown above and below that. I have rods and plates, and screws from C3 to C6 holding my neck together. I was put thru a rigorous round of inpatient rehab. That is where I meet Dr. Anthony. Even though he KNEW the floating bone frags were there, even though he KNEW two screws were actually too long and pressd into the lining of my spinal cord causing horrible pain, I DID the rehab! I did a frickin YEAR of outpatient rehab! Had to learn to walk again, had to relearn EVERYTHING! Even shaving my legs and tying my dang shoes was a challange at first. All this was not without rewards. I felt extremely proud of myself at each obsticle I tackled. My youngest son was 16 mnths at the time of the accident and at times it seemed we were learning the same things at the same time (balance, walking, swimming)... So anyway, I was at an apt in Dr. Anthony's, my husband was with me, and mind you I had no history of drug use, prescription or otherwise, other than what Dr. Anthony was prescribing. This so-called ""caring individual"" called me a frickin JUNKIE!!!! I was NOT asking for an increase, I was NOT calling in early, I was NOT having crazy excuses like ""Oh, my purse was stolen, or I lost 'em, or someone broke in"" Those of you searching for a pain control doc know what I'm talking about! You know the ones in the office you can always tell are the ""problem"" patients. I was NOT IN THAT GROUP. Dr. Anthony was simply refering to the meds HE had been prescribing and decided it was for JUNKIES after a certain length of time. WTF?? My husband of course had a few choice words, and needless to say, I asked for my records and looked elsewhere. The pain control doc I ened up with listened verry intently to the above mentioned ordeal. Went to St. John's & check out the film of my surgery & watched over the weekend (I did not know they filmed neurosurgery) At my next apt my new doc agreed with me, ""No, you are not a frickin Junkie he says, and I'm terribly sorry Dr. Anthony planted that into your head!"" He said you are an incredibly lucky, lucky individual who is in a helluva lot of pain."" He went on to say that he'd been in the same group with Dr. Anthony and actually left for the EXACT same reason I did! He agreed Dr. Anthony was acting like and ass! Maybe taking things too personal, I dont know what his deal was, but it took a lot of convincing from my new doctor for me to start to believe that I was NOT some horrible person...ie JUNKIE...God, I thought I'd never get over what Anthony said! And keep in mind folks, I had NO pharmacutical history up until the time I met that Jackass in in-patient rehab trying to get my legs & arms to function in the most God aweful pain that any one person should ever have to be in! So I say keep looking!! Dont settle for Dr. Anthony!! He IS NOT the careing individual these reviews would lead you to believe. I've been with my pain doc for over seven (7) years now, and I meet more and more people in that office that have come there frustrated and in wheelchairs, on canes or crutches and some literally dying from cancer that have nothing but bad things to say about good ole Doc Anthony! There are careing, compassionate ones out there, but Anthony aint one of em. Well now unless you have excellent insurance and your income is over 100K a year and then he's your best buddy. Somthing just isn't right with that.
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