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Re: Your opinion please
From: Susan (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Feb 28 19:23:32 2002
Hi Brandy:
My name is Susan and I've had endo for 30 years now. It sounds like your
doctor needs a wake up call. Your case to sue for malpractice would
probably be a bit weak, as you said "your word against hers". However, if
you can recall dates, discussions verbatim and facts, your best bet would be
to file a complaint with your provincial (or state for USA) medical board,
the one that regulates physicians and surgeons. Your doctor does not sound
so much guilty of malpractice but rather of negligence. Base upon the way
your filed complaint is dealt with will also give you a better idea if you
have a case to sue. If nothing else, the complaint will go into your
doctor's record and she will have to defend her actions. Be prepared to
look for another doctor though. It would probably be a good idea anyway,
she doesn't seem to have your best interests as her goal. Good luck.
Susan
http://communities.msn.ca/SusansEndometriosisStory
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>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Brandy" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>To: "Multiple recipients of list ENDO" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:46 PM
>>Subject: Your opinion please
>>
>>> Hi ladies,I have a question,what would you do if your doctor lied to
>>> you?Well here is my story,last year I was having pelvic pain and told my
>>> doctor about it and she had me go for two uneeded ultrasounds to view my
>>> ovaries (uneeded because the pain was not in my ovaries)and my ovaries
>>> were fine .Then I kept telling her that I was still having the pain so
>>> after bugging her to have a laparocopy performed to see what the pain
>>> was from she finally agreed and before the surgery I asked her if she
>>> found any endometriosis would she try to take it out and she said yes.So
>>> I had the surgery and after it was over she went to the waiting room to
>>> tell my husband how it went and she told him I did have endo but it was
>>> very mild and nothing to worry about and if I wanted to take the lupron
>>> shots I could,she acted like it was no big deal.So my husband told me
>>> what she said and I was concernd but she said it was nothing to worry
>>> about.My surgery was back in August and I have not had any treatment for
>>> my endo.When I went for my check up after the surgery she acted like it
>>> was no big deal and brushed me off.I have been in pain alot with very
>>> bad low back pain,I have irregular bleeding at times.I got curious so I
>>> got a copy of my op report and was I shocked and hurt!Come to find out
>>> my endo is alot worse than she told me,the op report says that I have
>>> extensive endometriosis in the cul-de-sac area and the implants of endo
>>> are large!That sounds alot worse than mild doesn't it.I was so upset
>>> when I read the report that I started cring,she flat out lied to me.My
>>> husband said I should sue her for malpractice,but I said it is our word
>>> against hers.What would you ladies do in my position?And of course I am
>>> finding another doctor,I want to try to have another baby sometime but
>>> now I am afraid I wont be able to because the endo is worse than I
>>> thought.In the report she also noted that I had fluid in the area of the
>>> endo that she didn't tell me about,and she didn't try to surgically
>>> remove the endo either like we spoke about.I am all upset,any opinions
>>> are appreciated,Brandy
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