People who know little and try to cover their lack of knowledge with professional bluster

Saw the negative consultant today, who admitted he had no experience of Jo’s type of stroke. He showed me their CT scan, pointing to one area which he said showed a lot of dead tissue. I remain unconvinced, what I saw looked like tissue in the process of repair and which I now know was low density tissue first seen in 2003. I also pointed out that they weren't MRI scans, which are much better for distinguishing between distressed and dead tissue.

We both saw Jo together and she confounded his pessimism when she was able to see left and right peripheral objects. He also said the pain in her leg and arm was the nerves knitting and agreed that was a good sign, although betrayed his pessimistic nature when he said it could hinder physiotherapy. He prescribed painkillers for that. Jo is now noticing movement in both the left arm and leg, although unable to control or initiate it.