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10-30-2008, 11:19 PM
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| | | Removed organ that was NOT removed
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I found out today via vaginal ultrasound that my left ovary, which was supposed to have been removed four years ago during a surgery to repair a bowel perforation, is still there. For four years I have had it in mind I have one ovary, delaying the thought of in vitro (occluded fallopian tubes anyway) because of the concern my "one" ovary may not produce enough eggs and I couldn't afford a second harvest, the worry, the concern, not bothering having it checked during yearly paps.... I mean, it would be good if it's there because that's more eggs for the harvest, but it's also an organ that's been neglected. Not to mention deep concern about what the hell was removed then if not the ovary. that's the biggest concern - what the hell was taken out? Distress, mourning the loss of an ovary, delaying in vitro, neglecting care, only to find out it's there and not knowing what really happened.... I've gone back and forth between crying from some happiness I may have more eggs to crying over confusion and fear about what really happened to being angry that IVF was delayed based heavily on what i the one ovary didn't produce many eggs.
Do I have a viable malpractice suit? Or is this likely to be a waste of time?  |
10-30-2008, 11:35 PM
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| | | Dear God! I never knew the possibility of neglecting an ovary even existed, not to mention all this about gathering eggs...heck, I never liked going in the henhouse, much less counting eggs. I'm just too distressed thinking that somewhere inside me is a neglected ovary with God-knows-how-many neglected eggs...someone should have told me; maybe I'll just sue everyone who should have told me...it's too much for me to comprehend; someone else has to handle this one!
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10-30-2008, 11:37 PM
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| | | Probably not since you don't have any true damages. I'm certain your doctors must have noticed it there during your annual exams though, it's highly unlikely that they just missed it. You should get copies of your records from the surgery and all your GYN exams since then and see what they say. |
10-30-2008, 11:43 PM
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| | | The records are being collected by my RE. I was directly billed (nope, no insurance) for an oofrectomy. But it wasn't done. Is that not considered to be damage? Having me pay for a procedure that wasn't done? And if the ovary wasn't removed, then what the hell was? What did I pay for? Needless to say, this is very distressing.
Lya, eggs are harvested as part of in vitro. It's not a laughing matter to infertile people. It's really not. |
10-30-2008, 11:53 PM
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| | | Getting your money back for a procedure you paid for but didn't receive has nothing to do with malpractice. Read the surgical report. Perhaps only PART of the ovary needed to be removed. |
10-31-2008, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ariastar  Lya, eggs are harvested as part of in vitro. It's not a laughing matter to infertile people. It's really not. | Yes; when you try and pad a potential claim with the nonsense you posted, it's laughable.
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10-31-2008, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ariastar What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I found out today via vaginal ultrasound that my left ovary, which was supposed to have been removed four years ago during a surgery to repair a bowel perforation, is still there. For four years I have had it in mind I have one ovary, delaying the thought of in vitro (occluded fallopian tubes anyway) because of the concern my "one" ovary may not produce enough eggs and I couldn't afford a second harvest, the worry, the concern, not bothering having it checked during yearly paps.... I mean, it would be good if it's there because that's more eggs for the harvest, but it's also an organ that's been neglected. Not to mention deep concern about what the hell was removed then if not the ovary. that's the biggest concern - what the hell was taken out? Distress, mourning the loss of an ovary, delaying in vitro, neglecting care, only to find out it's there and not knowing what really happened.... I've gone back and forth between crying from some happiness I may have more eggs to crying over confusion and fear about what really happened to being angry that IVF was delayed based heavily on what i the one ovary didn't produce many eggs.
Do I have a viable malpractice suit? Or is this likely to be a waste of time? | A pelvic exam goes hand in hand with a PAP. Your Doctor would have noticed the presence of the ovary, right away.
Who told you your right ovary wasn't producing enough eggs for IVF?!?
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