Need advice...botched surgery
If you have all your medical records, you should have the pathology report on your excised stomach. Check that first to see if they really did remove a large port of the fundus. You may have been one of those people with an unusually large stomach to begin with, and maybe they did removed a large amount of it.
Good luck with you situation. I do remember your previous posts shortly after surgery and the frustration you had right from the beginning. I hope your insurance will approve a revision.
Good luck with you situation. I do remember your previous posts shortly after surgery and the frustration you had right from the beginning. I hope your insurance will approve a revision.
So sorry to hear about your botched surgery, but SO GLAD that you were finally able to find out what went wrong!!!
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How about a revision on your sleeve a "do over" so to speak because you never really had one at all. Sometimes BMI can be lower for one surgery vs the other. Either way I hope you find some answers and can get it resolved quickly. Where did you have your surgery , if I may ask? I have heard of another case where they had surgery out of country and they didn't really do the surgery. I am not a "sue happy" person, but I think you should fight and get some answers from this doctor. Who knows who else he has done this to. Even if all that becomes of it is stopping him from botching someone else then you have won.
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You have your records. Read the surgical report and the pathology report. The surgical report is a step by step of how the surgery was performed. And the pathology will give a description by size of the removed stomach.
Find out what agency regulates physicians in your state. They almost certainly will have a grievance procedure.
Ask your current surgeon if he would be willing to testify to what he discovered on the endoscopy. It's usually hard to get one doc to testify against another. Then go to the bar association for your state and see if they have an attorney referral service and find someone who specializes in medical malpractice. Bring everything in for a consultation and let them look over it and decide whether it's litigation-worthy or not. If the attorney is willing to handle the case on a contingency fee basis, it's a decent indication that he thinks there's a good chance of recovery. If they want an hourly rate/retainer, that means that they'll do what you want as long as you're willing to pay = probably not a good case.
As others have pointed out, litigation is time-consuming, expensive, and emotionally taxing. Don't start it unless you're really committed to it.
I can't even imagine how frustrated and angry you are. Big hugs.
Find out what agency regulates physicians in your state. They almost certainly will have a grievance procedure.
Ask your current surgeon if he would be willing to testify to what he discovered on the endoscopy. It's usually hard to get one doc to testify against another. Then go to the bar association for your state and see if they have an attorney referral service and find someone who specializes in medical malpractice. Bring everything in for a consultation and let them look over it and decide whether it's litigation-worthy or not. If the attorney is willing to handle the case on a contingency fee basis, it's a decent indication that he thinks there's a good chance of recovery. If they want an hourly rate/retainer, that means that they'll do what you want as long as you're willing to pay = probably not a good case.
As others have pointed out, litigation is time-consuming, expensive, and emotionally taxing. Don't start it unless you're really committed to it.
I can't even imagine how frustrated and angry you are. Big hugs.
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