Healthcare in the U.S.

Untied States? Land of the free, home of the corrupt? I had an appendectomy. Surgeon messed up and cut a blood vessel with the laparoscopic machine. Stitched me up. My abdomen filled with blood, I told the nurses I was in bad pain. One told me “I’m supposed to be in pain, I just had surgery”. It got so bad I told them to kill me please. That’s when they brought the surgeon back and he got frustrated with them because he said my stomach is not distended like this. Emergency CT showed abdomen full of fluid. Emergency second surgery and blood transfusion. Several apologies after this for not taking me seriously. Then I got an infection at incision site after second surgery. Told them it hurt at the incision site pretty bad. They did a scan, said I was fine. Sent me home. I had red stripes start creeping across my abdomen the next day, and the burning and inflammation at the incision got severe. I called and was told to come to ER. They made me sit in the ER for 3 hours in pain with a blood infection they caused. Then they had to admit me again for several days because they were worried about sepsis. I had several apologies for not listening to me before. Again. The surgeon hit my femoral nerve and caused nerve damage in my leg, and in my abdomen. I had to see a muscle and nerve specialist who told me this is why my right leg is in pain constantly. I haven’t worked in 8 months. I was sent home anemic, the hospital didn’t give me enough blood. I was white and yellow for two months after the procedure. My GP noticed my labs 2 months later and was mad, asked if the hospital even did a transfusion. I was hospitalized for cdiff 3 months later because of the massive amounts of antibiotics they gave me. Hospital bills are over $360,000. Because of one young surgeons mistake. What’s really unfair is the state of Texas capped malpractice lawsuits to $250k, so I can’t even sue because an attorney wants 40% and they said it’s a waste of their time. No attorney will take a malpractice case now in Texas. Nice job Doctor’s and insurance companies for quietly paying your lobbyist to get that law pasted for you. Now you can butcher human beings and have no real accountability or cost for you. Also, insurance companies have clauses that state if you sue and win, they get paid back first all the medical bills. Nice right? Screw this country, this state, and it’s sh!t medical system

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