Dr. Aziz Ahmad, MD

Dr Ahmad performed surgery on my 83 old father with colon and esophageal cancer. The GI doctor that did the scopes told my parents that the esophagus was beyond repair and he should enjoy the time he had left. After he saw Dr. Ahmad, he scared my father into having colon surgery(which was not the worst of his cancers) and because of his recommendation, my father decided to go through with the surgery. I think itâ??s malpractice to perform colon surgery on an 83 (almost 84) man that everyone knew would not beat the other main cancer he had, esophageal cancer. The colon was not the main cancer he had. When the surgery started they had a hard time getting the breathing tube in because the esophagus was so bad. WHY would you continue on with the surgery at that point? I believe many times these surgeons scare patients into quick surgery so they donâ??t have time to think about it. While they were performing the surgery on the colon, they also took out his appendix and gallbladder… â?¦the way I figure it, while your there you may as well make all the money you can. Iâ??ve worked in the medical field for many years and know there are good doctors and then there are those who just want to bill as much as they can to support their life style. I know in the end it was my fatherâ??s decision to do the surgery, however if the doctor would have been honest and said there is no reason to perform the colon surgery because the esophagus was the main concern right now and it is beyond repair/help then maybe my father would have had a few more months to live and have to go through all the complications and pain. My dad was released from the hospital after 8 horrible days, his legs were so swollen that they told us to elevate them and when we did that fluid came out the incision in his abdomen, they said he needed more protein so we gave him that. Once he was home things started to look better, until he started vomiting and then his legs became so swollen that again fluid was coming out of them. He was taken to 2 of doctors on Friday (he was out of the hospital for a week at this point) Dr Ahmad and Dr. Mahmood, one of the doctors gave him anti nausea meds and sent him home. His legs continued to swell and fluid was coming out of his pores so on Sunday he was taken back to the hospital. He was dehydrated and was in kidney failure. REALLY??? He just saw 2 doctors and neither of them could see how bad he was and that he need emergency care? My dad was a tough army man and he hung in there for another 2 weeks until he passed away in Hospice. To top it all off Dr Ahmad tried to blame this all on the nutrition plan we had my dad on. He was only on it for 2 or 3 days because he could not kept anything down. I donâ??t see how this doctor sleeps at night. We knew the chance of my dad living much longer was slim, but putting him through the surgery drastically sped things up. Cancer feeds on sugar and the hospital put all patients on sugar drips..(thus feeding the cancer)â?¦â?¦.this also needs to change. If you are thinking about using this surgeon, I would think long and hard about it. Donâ??t let ANY surgeon scare you into a quick surgery. Remember, they profit off your fear.