Cry Tears
11-11-2006, 08:22 PM
There was no way of proving what wrong was done.
I had a simple gall bladder surgery 2001.
Woke up in worse pain than prior, but was passed off as post surgical pain. Months later....I still felt as if I had a knife stuck in my side radiating to my back. Just like a gall bladder attack. Some days its unbearable.
I've had every test imaginable trying to find the cause of this pain. Even had a biliary specialist do exploritory surgery. Nothing wrong can be found.
Sent to pain managment specialist to seek releif.
They tried calming the "damaged" nerve by doing 9 spinal blocks.
Still no releif.
All I can do is take pain meds round the clock.
I am one of 5 others who go to the pain clinic for same type pain after simple gall bladder surgery. Nothing can be done....just must live with this pain.
It has ruined my life.
The cost of this is about $300 a month out of pocket for pain managment after my co-pays....we have rotten insurance...thanks Motorola!
On top of all this mess....I have other serious health issues.
Life just is not fair, is it?!?!
The doctor who did the surgery was a very nice doctor...but he didn't really beleive I had this sort of pain and was afraid I'd sue him.
I didn't....and now I'm terribly sorry I didn't at least try.....I'm left this way for the rest of my life....and I have to pay out of my pocket.
Now my husbands case....when he was 36 years old...non drinker, non smoker, non chewer....he had a small lump on the side of his tongue.
Went to doc...regular doc out of town so we had to see this clown, Vincent Hansen...errogant @ss! My husband explained that he wanted it removed immediatly and was going out of town for business for an entire month.
Dr Hansen said...you just bit yourself...take antibiotics....my husband protested...no I didnt bite myself.....Dr Hansen said "I am a doctor trained in this....theres nothing WRONG!" Take the antibiotics!"
A month later...my husband home....returned to see our regular doctor:eek:
He took one look inside my husbands mouth....long story short...it was now a size T-5 sqaumish cell carcinoma.....deadly mouth cancer!
Now they needed to remove my husbands lower jaw, 1/3 of his tongue, neck muscles, under his arm lymphe nodes...total radical surgery removing half his face! Then have 85,000 rads of radiation...enough to make the skin fall off.
This was a virtual nightmare. My husband refused to let them carve half his face off....instructing the doctor only to remove the portion of tongue, floor of his mouth...and if need be the lower jaw....but please...do not take the jaw unless the cancer has spread there. Not a centimeter more!
The surgery was to last anywhere 5-10 hours.
Within 5 hours his surgeon came out smiling...didn't need to take the jaw as planned...thank God! But did take 1/3 of his tongue, floor of his mouth.
Radiation was very hard...but he finished it in 3 months.
We were so upset....never thought of sueing dr Vincent Hansen...wish now we would have gone after him like a wolverine!
My dear husbands cancer has returned over and over. Only because he had the radiation. If they would have removed this like my husband first wanted, this wouldn't have grown into such a huge tumor. He would never had needed radiation.
Tuesday...my husband will be seeing a mouth cancer specialist up on "Pill Hill"
the med school here in Oregon. He's got more cancer growing again, caused from radiation....called "Time Bomb cells".
The reasons we didnt sue was because its taboo in our religeon to sue someone....but looking back...this "Christian" doctor has never told us he's sorry for not taking care of this when it should have been.
Our ENT doc told me to write him a well worded letter...telling him exactly how we feel...that he is the cause of my husbands cancer spread like it has because of his extreme neglegance.
What would it have hurt for him to send my husband for an ENT councel way back then? But how stupid of us to not seek a second opinion!
Never give it a thought....seek answeres...do not take a doctors word as perfect...they are human...just because they have been trained does not mean they are all that smart....just means they were just motivated!
Everytime I see this skinny @ss-jerk at Campmeeting...I wanna slap his face!
He's still single....no one would marry this skinny pencil-neck headed 5'1" heartless spaz! Besides...his breath always stinks like he's eating poopcycles!
I am mad at myself for listening and following church guidlines in not suing him.....they aren't paying for any of this...we are!
You can tell this has greatly shaken my faith! What do they care? nada!
I am terribly fearful of losing my dear husband...he's suffered enough with this nightmare...its always been a dark cloud over our heads since 1985.
Thanks for reading my sad story.
Cheryl
Heres a picture before his surgery....he's really changed having all the radiation that has effected his skin and neck muscles. Its so sad.
I had a simple gall bladder surgery 2001.
Woke up in worse pain than prior, but was passed off as post surgical pain. Months later....I still felt as if I had a knife stuck in my side radiating to my back. Just like a gall bladder attack. Some days its unbearable.
I've had every test imaginable trying to find the cause of this pain. Even had a biliary specialist do exploritory surgery. Nothing wrong can be found.
Sent to pain managment specialist to seek releif.
They tried calming the "damaged" nerve by doing 9 spinal blocks.
Still no releif.
All I can do is take pain meds round the clock.
I am one of 5 others who go to the pain clinic for same type pain after simple gall bladder surgery. Nothing can be done....just must live with this pain.
It has ruined my life.
The cost of this is about $300 a month out of pocket for pain managment after my co-pays....we have rotten insurance...thanks Motorola!
On top of all this mess....I have other serious health issues.
Life just is not fair, is it?!?!
The doctor who did the surgery was a very nice doctor...but he didn't really beleive I had this sort of pain and was afraid I'd sue him.
I didn't....and now I'm terribly sorry I didn't at least try.....I'm left this way for the rest of my life....and I have to pay out of my pocket.
Now my husbands case....when he was 36 years old...non drinker, non smoker, non chewer....he had a small lump on the side of his tongue.
Went to doc...regular doc out of town so we had to see this clown, Vincent Hansen...errogant @ss! My husband explained that he wanted it removed immediatly and was going out of town for business for an entire month.
Dr Hansen said...you just bit yourself...take antibiotics....my husband protested...no I didnt bite myself.....Dr Hansen said "I am a doctor trained in this....theres nothing WRONG!" Take the antibiotics!"
A month later...my husband home....returned to see our regular doctor:eek:
He took one look inside my husbands mouth....long story short...it was now a size T-5 sqaumish cell carcinoma.....deadly mouth cancer!
Now they needed to remove my husbands lower jaw, 1/3 of his tongue, neck muscles, under his arm lymphe nodes...total radical surgery removing half his face! Then have 85,000 rads of radiation...enough to make the skin fall off.
This was a virtual nightmare. My husband refused to let them carve half his face off....instructing the doctor only to remove the portion of tongue, floor of his mouth...and if need be the lower jaw....but please...do not take the jaw unless the cancer has spread there. Not a centimeter more!
The surgery was to last anywhere 5-10 hours.
Within 5 hours his surgeon came out smiling...didn't need to take the jaw as planned...thank God! But did take 1/3 of his tongue, floor of his mouth.
Radiation was very hard...but he finished it in 3 months.
We were so upset....never thought of sueing dr Vincent Hansen...wish now we would have gone after him like a wolverine!
My dear husbands cancer has returned over and over. Only because he had the radiation. If they would have removed this like my husband first wanted, this wouldn't have grown into such a huge tumor. He would never had needed radiation.
Tuesday...my husband will be seeing a mouth cancer specialist up on "Pill Hill"
the med school here in Oregon. He's got more cancer growing again, caused from radiation....called "Time Bomb cells".
The reasons we didnt sue was because its taboo in our religeon to sue someone....but looking back...this "Christian" doctor has never told us he's sorry for not taking care of this when it should have been.
Our ENT doc told me to write him a well worded letter...telling him exactly how we feel...that he is the cause of my husbands cancer spread like it has because of his extreme neglegance.
What would it have hurt for him to send my husband for an ENT councel way back then? But how stupid of us to not seek a second opinion!
Never give it a thought....seek answeres...do not take a doctors word as perfect...they are human...just because they have been trained does not mean they are all that smart....just means they were just motivated!
Everytime I see this skinny @ss-jerk at Campmeeting...I wanna slap his face!
He's still single....no one would marry this skinny pencil-neck headed 5'1" heartless spaz! Besides...his breath always stinks like he's eating poopcycles!
I am mad at myself for listening and following church guidlines in not suing him.....they aren't paying for any of this...we are!
You can tell this has greatly shaken my faith! What do they care? nada!
I am terribly fearful of losing my dear husband...he's suffered enough with this nightmare...its always been a dark cloud over our heads since 1985.
Thanks for reading my sad story.
Cheryl
Heres a picture before his surgery....he's really changed having all the radiation that has effected his skin and neck muscles. Its so sad.