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I am so glad today seems to be going a little better. Sounds like still a little rough but any little bit better is good!

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So glad to hear you are having a better day!

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My heart and prayers go out to you!

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A lawyer?? What on earth for???

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And that, folks, is one part of why health care in the US is so expensive and so many of you had to leave the country to get surgery.

Malpractice- being put to sleep expecting a VSG and waking up with a full hysterectomy when you're only 24.

No malpractice- having a frustrating but fully disclosed complication from an elective surgery after which various doctors and other medical professionals attempt to work together to solve and make right.

Only in America.

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if the lawyer isnt removing this stent... theres no need for one.

today does seem a little better but its not good. my stomach feels very unsettled & feels funny. i been napping to get away from the uncomfortable feeling. :(

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if her medical team is not working with her, malpractice

you mean in the US you can tell them what to do, even though you have no medical experience and are going off something someone said off a message board, sue them if they think it's not a good idea, calling it " not working with you"? and call it malpractice?

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if the lawyer isnt removing this stent... theres no need for one.

today does seem a little better but its not good. my stomach feels very unsettled & feels funny. i been napping to get away from the uncomfortable feeling. :(

LMAO..."if the lawyer isn't removing this stent......etc..." literally laughing out loud! You feel like crap but you have to laugh at yourself on that one..it was great.lol

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i mean, seriously lol. if hes not gonna put gloves on & remove this ****.. i dont wannatalk or see one. lol. my drs refuse to remove thestent because ill get really sick with a leak. they wanted me to stay with it for another week to 10days. they went in to make sure things were ok & fix what they could to give mesome relief. thats not malpractice. as bedhead said, had i woke up with a different surgery than thatsa different story. i knew the complications involved with the VSG and i knew a stent would be the route they would go. GRANTED, they never described noneoftheabove as far as constant nausea & vomitting but from what the drs say, thats not normal & everyone isdifferent.

LMAO..."if the lawyer isn't removing this stent......etc..." literally laughing out loud! You feel like crap but you have to laugh at yourself on that one..it was great.lol

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you mean in the US you can tell them what to do, even though you have no medical experience and are going off something someone said off a message board, sue them if they think it's not a good idea, calling it " not working with you"? and call it malpractice?

absolutely not, thats what u hire lawyers to investigate if something were to go wrong.

i hope u feel better....jasleeve

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i appreciate the suggestions and thoughts but i dont feel malpractice was done here. yes, i want to hurt my drs because they did this but i ASKED them to do this. im just the odd ball who had complications to follow.

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