AboutLisa Lindell Expertise Consequences to the patient and family, reply by healthcare facilities, statistics and types of medical errors.
Experience Extensive personal experience during my husband's 108 day hospitalization.
Publications 108 Days
Education/Credentials Author of the book "108 Days." Speaker at patient safety events across the country, student of medical errors. I've been a patient safety advocate for years.
Question QUESTION: i had a dichotomy in 99 in 02 had a lumbar fusion w\hardware when i came out of surgery i was very bloated and it took3 hours longer then what was told it would the dr made a comment to me the hospital should spend more money on competent technicians instead of the ones the have was having very bad migraines after the surgery 10 days latter went to dr to remove staples told him still have migraines all day long he changed my meds on the 14th day called his office at 130pm at 600 had the wife take me to er this is June i was freezing warped in a blanket in the car with the heater on took 35min to get to the er went in had to wait 15 min they gave me a hot blanket took 10 min latter the took me to the er room took my body temp it was 87deg they called my dr he told them to do an MRI they would not till he singed a form because of the hard ware he came in signed it and the did it
had fluid in my lumbar area they opened me up on day 16sealed a spinal fluid leak i still get migraines a and in i hurt in my back legs and groin in am getting bad arthritis in hands and shoulders neck all over pain this dose not run in my family 05 was told i have fybromyalsa and have learned that i was given cadaver bones in my back can they be the cause of my problems
ANSWER: I couldn't begin to hazard a guess about the cadaver bones, and I'm sorry for your tribulations. What I would suggest is to try to find a good orthopedic specialist and schedule an appointment.
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QUESTION: i have seen many tried to see one at the V.A. requested not to see the one that comes to my town the dr i saw was the same one have changed my regular dr because when i went to see him about the way i feel he said well what do you want me to do about it you have to live with it i am now on medicaid and for my shoulders thy say they are not bad enough but yet just holding a dinner plate they hurt now that i have been labeled with fybromylasa
nothing is getting done
thanks johnny
Answer I'm not a medical expert, I'm a consumer patient safety advocate. If your diagnosis is fybromylasa, it's my understanding this is a chronic pain condition with no cure. If you think that's not the correct diagnosis my useful suggesstion is to find another dr. Were any diagnostic tests done to see if there's any visible evidence of something amiss? (foreign object could cause pain...scar tissue could cause pain). I really couldn't comment on cadaver bones, maybe there's an orthopedic physician here on all experts?
