Re-multiple surgeries, severe adhesions and statue of limitations

From: Blair in Atlanta (rcgmiami@att.net)
Wed Jul 9 20:17:21 2003


July 9, 2003

Hello, all you adhesion sufferers,

My name is Blair in Atlanta. I need anyones help with the following information. I have had 10 laparotomy surgeries from 1994 through 1998. I kept having re-occurring ovarian cyst and tremendous adhesions requiring surgery. My doctors always told me that surgery (laparotomies), were my only option to cure my pain and problems. I trusted them and submitted myself to these 10 surgeries. I was on this endless merry-go-round where I would be in severe pain, go to the doctor, have surgery to remove ovarian cyst, endometriosis, and especially adhesion. These so called "doctors" had me on a VICOUS CYCLE OF HAVING SURGERY EVERY 6 MONTHS. Needless to say each major surgery required a few months or longer to recuperate. Just as soon as I would begin to heal, I would end up having yet another and another surgery. The doctors would always say, wait a few more weeks to heal and you will feel better. Before I knew, weeks turned into months, and months turned into years!!! The pain always returned in full force and each time the doctors would say "I can't help you anymore. You need to learn to live with pain, or go to a pain clinic for pain management. I was always on the "wait and see mode!!!" I was so caught up in this never ending healing process, that I did not have anytime to stop and realized the magnatude of any wrong doings by the doctors. How is anyone suppose to think clearly about any legal issue when I was forced to concentrate on my healing and getting past the surgery. I was constantly, heavy medicated on morphine, demorol, lortab, oxycontin, mepergan forte before, during and after each surgery.

To this day, 4 more doctors have recommended more surgery or they would no longer treat me. So I now refuse and look for another doctor.

In January 2003, my new doctor informed me that the surgeries number 5 through 10 should have never been performed. He said that he had never seen such "poor judgement", by any doctor, in his 49 years of practice. He also said that "those doctors should be taken out back and shot for what they did to you!!" This was the very 1st time that any doctor (and there were hundreds), had spoken up and informed me that what these doctor did was extremely wrong!! Most doctor will never say anything against other doctors. I guess there is some "doctor code" that encourages doctors to always agree with others. He also said they should have known not to operate, just by seeing my diagnosis alone.

It has now been 5 years since my last surgery. The mental fog from all this torture, has barely lifted. Now I am very angry, I live in excrutiating pain on a daily basis that has rendered me totally disabled. I take alot of strong pain medications just to get out of bed. Some days I am riddled with pain so severe that I am bedridden for days at a time. I am under constant care of numerous doctors. I have spent numerous nights in the ER, hospitalizations, having all kinds of test, blood work, CT scans, MRI'S, treatments, physical therapy, and I have seen numerous specialist, too numerous to count. I have also been to atleast 6 different pain clinics to no avail. I lost every job I had during these surgeries!! My entire life has been turned upside down.

I NOW WANT TO FILE LAW SUITS AGAINST THESE SURGEONS. ALTHOUGH I AM GETTING DISCURAGED, BECAUSE MOST ATTORNEYS ARE TELLING ME THAT THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS HAS RUN OUT AND I HAVE NO RECOURSE! UNDER TORT LAW, THE STATUE OF LIMITATION CAN BE ARGUED THAT IT BEGINS AT THE POINT YOU DISCOVER YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE DATE OF INCCIDENT OR SURGERY. SO IN MY CASE, JANUARY 2003 WAS THE VERY 1ST TIME I WAS INFORMED OF ANY WRONG DOINGS BY A DOCTOR. AND THE 1ST TIME I REALIZED THAT MY HEALING PROCESS WAS OVER AND MY PROBLEMS WERE WORSENING EACH DAY DUE TO THESE ADHESIONS FROM SURGERIES!!! I KNOW I AM NOT THE 1ST PERSON TO HAVE THIS SITUATION HAPPEN. IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE LIKE ME? ANYONE WITH PAST EXPERIENCE, ANY INFORMATION REGARDING ADHESIONS AND EXTENDING THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS. I NEED ANY LEGAL ADVICE ASAP!! The sooner, the better!! Please e-mail me at rcgmiami@att.net

Thank you for listening, Blair in Atlanta July 9, 2003

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Blair in Atlanta

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