Chambers Christopher M MD

He did my sclerotherapy at the vein clinic on Burton St. this past Tuesday. They tell you this is a very safe procedure. Immediately afterwards, while still on his table I was talking and joking while they put my compression hose, immediately after he was done. I sat up to get dressed and be on my way and I noticed my right hand was tingling and went completely numb. Within seconds it spread up my arm, down my side and up my neck. I fell back and was involuntarily thrashing and screaming just before things went completely back. I was gasping for air. I don’t have much memory after that. He came back in and was sitting and holding my right arm, asking my name and if I knew where I was. I did, but I had trouble talking and was not able to see. I asked if this has ever happened before he said no. He wouldn’t tell me what just happened to me. As soon as they could get me up from the table, help me get dressed, and then sent me into a room no one was using so they could get to the new patient. I felt so out of it and could not see clearly yet. No one assessed me to see if I was well enough to drive. When I had a vein procedure last year that did not cause any problems, they would not let me drive. Dr Chambers did not follow up with me the next day or the day after that. It wasn’t until Friday morning that it really hit me that I had developed an embolism that cut off an artery to the right side of my body from the injections he made in my right leg. I realized they never contacted my emergency contact because they planned to trivialize it and sweep it under the rug. I’m not angry that it happened, I’m angry at the total complacency AFTER it happened. I’ve been struggling to get through the week. It feels like I’m drunk, I have brain fog, migraines, ocular disturbances, having trouble at work, having balance problems, feel shaky. I called the vein center enough times 3 days later, that Dr. Chambers finally called me himself. He was polite, but was not interested in getting me the diagnostic testing needed to confirm what happened, and he downplayed the incident, saying it was only traumatic because it «scared me.» It was patronizing. I know my body and the right half of my body was no more than a dead piece of meat. He completely lacks empathy after something goes wrong and is not interested in helping a patient. The vein clinic just wants to brush me off.