I have just recently had a situation occur that my family is saying I should pursue. I’m not sure what to call it and if there is a case.

I have just been released from the hospital after spending a week there for major chest surgery. A surgery that should have been preformed 5 + years ago due to my car accident and was mistakenly missed, this has had me in different levels of pain ever since.

As soon as a month after the car accident in which i has hit by someone missing a stop sign.
I was dealing with the pain Not he usual “healing”…and being told to “get used to it” it will be there forever. This pain to me was not normal by any means and prevented me from doing so many things in daily life. Simple things such as running to get the newspaper on a cold morning, vacuuming the house, playing with my boys…and so on. I could do these things but I always paid for it in the initial pain and the pain soon after. Sometimes lasting at higher levels for hours to days.

It had been getting worse “Levels of pain and durations” And I have been telling my doctors almost every time we met that it hurts… they always said…. mentally get over it. ((I think they were just sick of me saying it) Lastly!:

I was told as recently as January 18th (Exactly this) ..that the “pain” was in my head. And what I needed to do was to flip a mental switch to resolve it.. I was asking for the 20th+ time for a medication switch, there had to be something else to relieve this chronic pain that this doctor (My Central Doctor, who each other doctor sends his reports to) something else for me, it has been hurting for FIVE YEARS and I Have been complaining for five years to have another look, he just said it would be a waste of an MRI.

This doctor was visibly annoyed and said the following, “David, do you have any idea how many people in this office deal with chronic pain!”
I said that I didn’t care and what I wanted was for the pain to stop. life was and is almost unbearable living with it. He again referred to what he and the others were saying. “get used to it”

Well I finally had enough of it, It hurt and on Feb 15th I went to the emergency room to explain and ended up having emergency surgery that day. The surgeon stated what I was living with had stemmed from my accident and the thought of getting used to it was nonsense. And over time would have done much worse things internally. Why did it take the emergency room to sort things out. (I’m getting my 8 or 9 inches of staples out of my chest next Monday. and I’m sitting here popping Percocet and using a breathing machine)

Guess that “Mental Switch” might not have worked out so well.

what is the statue of limitation of medical mal practice in the state of Ca.

I went in for bilateral tarsal tunnel, then 8 months later because I was in the most debilitating pain they went ahead and said you need a triple nerve release and revision tarsal tunnel…I never had an EMG and this is the protocol I am disabled and I found the info on this surgery, I am the only patient that has had bilateral nerve surgery..I was only in menopause, I was asked before surgery if I had any previous surgeries and I said yes a partial hysterectomy 1993 and wrote this on their paperwork, my feet started to hurt in june 2005 this should of been a huge red flag, a simple blood test would of saved my life, I am writing to you because a friend e mailed me and told me of your site, I am not sure how to go about this, I had a hard time in Boston because I could not find the protocol for this surgery, I now have it from Dr Ducic who is the Professor at Georgetown Univ. who teaches nerve surgery, no one in Boston has ever had bilaterl nerve surgeryhttp://www.wftv.com/health/18374640/detail.html

My dentist performed a root canal with poor craftsmanship, so now I have to get the tooth removed and get either an implant or a bridge. I’ve been to another dentist and an oral surgeon who have both confirmed it wasn’t done properly. I want to get an implant, its cost is $3000, and my insurance will not cover it. How do I go about getting my original dentist to pay since she messed up?

I went to the Health Dept. to receive a flu shot paid for by my employer. The nurse was still talking to the previous patient when she gave me my shot. She shot me with an empty syringe. She apologized and assured me it wasn’t used. I believe it was. She had a one box for empty needles and one box for prefilled shots. Where did the empty one come from? Do I have a case and if so what would be a fair compensation?

My sister had breast augmentation in 2004. She has had problems with them all a long. I know the statute of limitations is 2 yrs. However, I would like to know if the same dr. has performed other surgeries to try to “correct” it, is it from the date of the last surgery? The dr. performed two other surgeries trying to fix the problem to no avail. She recently went to another dr. who said she should not have been put through the other surgeries and she may never look normal again. She must have them removed at her expense and possibly look deformed for the rest of her life. Again, I would like to know if she can sue to get her upcoming procedure paid for and if so what does she do first?

Thanks!

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My wife delivered at home, after an hour as doctor sent us back and told “Your body is not ready yet” from hospital. I want to mention that due date was the day before that date. So Thanks God baby and mother are ok. I’ve some psychological problems after that. I want to sue the doctor, but I don’t know wether or not my time and nerves and money worth that. Could you give me an advice wether or not I should begin that process.
Thanks in advance.

How long of time do I have to file a lawsuit against boston scientic taxus stents that were implanted March 2005 and caused another heart attack nine days later the same month and year

A few months ago i had a SVT (Supra Ventricular Tachycardia) attack ..I followed up with my doctor and he referral me to a cardiologist…Well he ran a few test on me and he found a hold in my heart..He set me up a appointment so that i could have pictures taking of my heart to See how big the hold was..Well he told me not to eat after 12 a.m…So when I made it to my appointment at 1 p.m I had to wait a few more hours…So when I finally made it to my room I was around 4 p.m and I was still waiting for him because he had a lot of patient head of me…So I couldn’t take it anymore i just and to eat..I ask if I could make another appointment and he did…When it was time for my appointment I got a call from his office and was told that he had to go out of town and I needed to call back in two weeks to make another appointment ..So 2 weeks past and I called back and the nurse at the front desk told me that the doctor was going to call me back but he never did…I have called and called and called and he never returned my phone call..My question to you is cant he get in some type of trouble for that?

Sterostatic biopsies and Wire localization procedures are usually performed by a radiologist. If my surgeon performed both procedures with out a radiologist present and during the latter procedure he punctured my lung causing pneumothrax (lung collapse) and a 4 day hospital stay which included a chest tube do I have any recourse to prevent him from doing this to someone else. I understand since I did not die or hopefully do not have any permanent damage I can not sue him for malpractice.