So, you want to sue your doctor?

[grandmasarah]

Hi Joel,

Interesting subject! I am involved in a class action lawsuit against Merck for taking a drug that gave me Osteonecrosis. I took Fosamax (as a "PREVENTATIVE) to getting Osteoporosis, only because I'm in menopause.

I got this "rotten jaw" syndrome. Been involved in this slow going law suit for several years.

Lawyers will take a suit, without up front money, if they think there's good chance they will win it. You have nothing to loose this way. It's just finding the right lawyer.

I wanted to write and tell you about my brother. I've been after him to get a lawyer.

He had cervical surgery a couple months ago and had four levels fused. I think it was C2-C6. To our surprise, what was supposed to be a simple overnight stay in the hospital, ended up with being admitted to ICU for a whole week...get this....for "observation".

Later, after WEEKS and WEEKS of running around to family doc, pulmonologists, etc. because they thought there was something wrong with his lungs. He was given X-rays, CT scans, MRI's and all to find that he had a collapsed lower lobe in his right lung. They treated him for pneumonia, asthma, infection.

What he HAS is a paralyzed diaphragm muscle...on the right side!! His breathing is VERY difficult, and just wears him out, because the Phrenic nerve was damaged or something, and his diaphragm isn't able to fill his lungs fully.

He finally went back to the surgeon who did his fusion who says it will probable get better. Now what "I" say, is how long should he wait for it to "get better"? I also think that the surgeon KNEW this was a problem immediately, and that's why he put him in the ICU for so long afterwords, but didn't tell my brother, or his family.

Your blood can become "toxic" if it's not picking up the O2 it needs. The surgeon told him to not go back to work (he's a maintenance manager, and does a lot of physical work) so he's looking to get on some degree of disability to make up for lack of work.

Grandma Sarah

[Think Positive]

I can relate to "benchrn"! I had so many things go wrong in my case. I'm not going to get into it right now because it's such a long story but........ I had three different lawyers tell me that I had a case BUT none were willing to take my case on contingency and I didn't have the money needed to take it on. I was looking at about $20,000 up front. Medical Malpractice is VERY difficult. One of the issues is that doctors won't testify against each other in the same state (as your medical expert witness) so you have to bring one (or more) in from out-of-state and they are roughly $1500.00/hr.! Mine as well was not about the money.

Kim

[Joel]

I wonder if you could search the Internet for something like "ambulance chasing lawyers" or "lawyers who will sue anybody"??!!

Maybe just "medical malpractice lawyer".
Actually, that is how I found George Jallo. Not searching on lawyers, but rather for spinal cord tumor surgeons, believe it or not.

[benchrn]

Hi everyone,
Isn't life just so much fun when you have to deal with all these problems and a whole lot more? Why can't just one thing be easy??? HO HUM!

I want to tell the lady who has the brother with the collasped diaphram that I too, have the same problem. Mine is from a blood clot. I have a bi-pap that I wear at night with 3 liters of O2. It has been a life saver. It forces the air to move around my lungs all night long and it keeps me OUT OF THE HOSPITAL (most of the time)! Please ask about it for your brother. I had a sleep test done and presto, I got the machine! Hope this helps. Let's all work on a happy, healthy SPRING!
Denny

[Jody]

I know the best malpractice attorney if you're in California. My oldest son's left arm was destroyed by an orthopedic surgeon to the point that he's lost rotation and the arm is permanently bent at 22 degrees. I demanded the doc take the cast off when my son's hand turned blue (doc refused), I went to the ER to try to get the cast off (ER refused), and even went to a satellite office of the same medical group to get the cast off (doc called ahead and blocked my efforts). When the deformity was discovered, they refused to rebreak and repair the arm, and basically every standard of care was violated. Long story short - I decided to sue for the sole purpose of making this a public record. Money was never the issue - principle was - therefore signing a gag order was never an option. Anyway, Chris Hulbert took my case. He didn't charge me a dime up front and acted with dignity and character through the entire process. I never asked about the potential judgment, nor did he make promises. All I knew was that I wanted everyone to know what that arrogant s.o.b. did to my kid and how my son suffered. The damage was so bad due to compartment syndrome that my son had 50% radio-neuorpathy. At 70%, you lose the ability to move your hand. My son won close to double the malpractice award cap in the State of California and I didn't sign the gag order. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined an 11 year old with a deformity of his non dominant arm would receive so much money. It truly was a blessing and a shock. The best part is - I can honestly say I know the best malpractice attorney in the country. Literally.

Jody

[Jody]

Here's a story about a boy who was awarded $12.5 million because of an SCT sci.rutgers.edu/forum/archive/index.php/t-45878.html

[bugs]

We are doing so now . John was in the hospital after the spinal cord surgery and was so ill and not one doctor would take the time to listen to me. John had hydrocephalus from the tumor putting off too much protein into the spinal fluid. The hydrocephalus untreated caused a stroke and I was in the room and two docs came in and both told me he was just overmedicated. He had a stroke and it took them almost 48 hours to diagnose it. They waited that long to do a brain scan.

I am still angry and hurt that they did this to my husband.