Cheryl Denomy
Well ain't that ...
Dec 15, 2008
.. a kick in the pants?
I was reading the Toronto Star (daily newspaper) last Friday, and imagine my surprise when I read that my surgeon, Jacobo Joffe, had had his registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons revoked for having sex with not one, but two patients. This revocation took place immediately after the hearing (on December 11) and there was no indication anywhere in the article that it wasn't permanent.
Not going to say I don't believe it; just because he wasn't inappropriate with me (when I had my surgery in April 2000) doesn't mean he wasn't inappropriate with someone else, or a bunch of somebody elses, for that matter.
I was a little shocked, though.
That said, the man may or may not personally and professionally be a nice guy, what I do know is that he saved my life. If I hadn't had the surgery when I did, I know for a fact that today I would weigh well in excess of 500 pounds and would more than likely be dead, having been felled by a stroke or a heart attack or some combination thereof.
So I'm sorry for what the patients who were abused went through, and I send them every good thought and prayer, but I also honour the man -- not for what he is, but for what he did for me.
It's still a tough place to be in, given that I find what he did so repulsive.
That's life, I suppose, right?
