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Originally Posted by Linderpat
OK I'll be more direct; most of the advice written thus far in this thread is crap, and uninformed crap to boot...
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Well, as a doc and someone with experience with litigation, I would suggest your comments are awefully aggressive...
This attitude is partly why we have the malpractice premiums we do, and why docs are fleeing from high malpractice states... Also explains why some lawyers have the reputation they do...
The OP was seen for an injury... and xray was done... and he was feeling pain free since. He didn't have any pain or reason to see someone for the ankle since...
Sees an orthopod and has a "now found" ankle abnormality that may or may not have occured a year ago...
Forget the fact that he was pain free...
Forget the fact that he didn't feel an urgent need to follow up...
Forget the fact that 1 year passed...
Forget the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that the alledged delay caused injury...
Forget the fact that there is no proof of permanent damage...
By all means. See a lawyer. If the info is dramatically different than what was presented, perhaps there is a case...
80-90% of med-mal cases which actually goto trial are won by the provider. And those are cases that have been vetted, with serious injuries or death. Thats because in the majority of cases the docs did what they could, and were within the standards of practice...
I have supported patients who were screwed by other docs. More than willing to testify...
This isn't one of those cases. Telling the guy to see a lawyer is doing him a diservice, and not shining the brightest light on lawyers...
To the OP, focus on your health, and get better... Did you get surgery on your knee, or your ankle... the original note isn't that clear. Sounds like you went in for knee pain, and then had knee surgery?
Honestly, if I were you I would delete this entire thread. You mentioned the clinic by name, and subseuently accused them of malpractice. Not a wise thing to do on the net... You also have documented in perpituity that you had no pain for a year (that will come up in discovery - heaven forbid). Now, this is all based on what was posted. If the original xray showed an acute fracture which was displaced, and that was missed or not communicated, then all bets are off. But thats not what was posted...