Last year I had a surgery to remove a pilonidal cyst, motherglocking nasty things and I lived with one for 12 years. I finally have some decent insurance, although still a high deductible Obama disaster plan, through my company and the surgeon was confident. So after the surgery I ended up off work for 3 weeks, in the er once for infected stitches, and followed up with 6 or 7 check ups to make sure it was healing right. Well it didn't and now instead of the original cyst I have a surgeon induced cyst that is easily 10x worse than I had going in.
So what now? I can go to another surgeon and get the last one fixed, but now I'm out another 3500 dollar deductible. I don't think I have a malpractice suit, definitely not one that would pay the lawyer and me to satisfaction. Do I just suck it up and find a better doctor and move along, or is there another way to hold the failed surgeon responsible for his botched repair job on my tailbone? I mean if I mess up an engine on an overhaul, i'm pretty much on the hook as the mechanic is there a comparable non lawsuity path for botched surgeries?
So what now? I can go to another surgeon and get the last one fixed, but now I'm out another 3500 dollar deductible. I don't think I have a malpractice suit, definitely not one that would pay the lawyer and me to satisfaction. Do I just suck it up and find a better doctor and move along, or is there another way to hold the failed surgeon responsible for his botched repair job on my tailbone? I mean if I mess up an engine on an overhaul, i'm pretty much on the hook as the mechanic is there a comparable non lawsuity path for botched surgeries?