Re: Medicaly what went wrong????

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Thank You for your reply and the answer to my question.

On 3/25/05, 00 wrote:
> Things happen and everybody reacts differently to medical
> procedures. There are no guarantees in law and in medicine
> because nobody can predicte the outcome. It sounds like you
> had a competent team of doctors, there were complications
and
> you had an unfortunate outcome, however, there is no way
that
> anyone can predict all possible side effects and outcomes.
>
> IMHO: There are no grounds for malpractice.
>
>
> On 3/25/05, Bob B wrote:
>> In 2003,I had to have my bladder removed. My surgery was
>> done by a team of 4 Drs. as was to take between 8 to 10
>> hrs, and I would be hospitalized for about 10 to 12 days
>> before going home. The surgery ended up taking 14 hrs. and
>> my hospital stay was 19 days. After the surgery, I had
>> a "total numbness" from my lower back, to my upper thigh
>> area. Because of this "total numbness" I was not able to
>> return to work and was granted "Permanent Disability"by
>> the State of N.J.. I was refered to a Neurologist by the
>> sugeon and he dianosed the problem as being nerves that
>> were cut during the surgery. Before making my decision and
>> discussing all the pitfalls of the operation with my
>> surgeon before hand, many things were mentioned that might
>> be a problem after, but it was never mentioned to me that
>> I might end up with anything like having this numbness of
>> being disabled. It this a ground for a Malpractice suit,
>> being I was never informed of this possibility?????