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09-12-2008, 07:11 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008 |
Location: Placentia, CA |
Surgeon: Dr. Mir Ali, Orange Coast Memorial |
Age: 54 |
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Rachal,
I'm so glad to hear that all is finally going well for you. OMG just couldn't believe what happened!
Give thanks that all is fine now and get to living your new life.
Take care,
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Blessings,
Surgery date was July 21, 2008
Highest/Pre-surgery/Current/Goal
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BMI was 52.1 as of 9/23/08 is 41.4
I'm a loser!!!!!
Olga "GrrramOBear" 
Happiness keeps you sweet, trials keep you strong. Sorrows keep you human, failures keep you humble. Success keeps you glowing. 
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09-12-2008, 08:01 AM
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Location: Western Kentucky |
Surgeon: Dr Douglas Olsen |
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Dude I would still want so much more then a simple I am sorry. This I am sorry could have cost you your life especially with them telling you the pain was normal. I don't care what there counting of instruments procedure is. If he knew the needle broke and the thread went one way and the needle went the other, then common sense would be to locate the damn broken needle. Hello you aren't just stitching up a stuffed animal here it is a human being !!!!!! Glad you are ok though.
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Preop/Current/Goal
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Lap RNY 07/30/2007
Gall Bladder Removal 12/28/2007
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09-12-2008, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 |
Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
Surgeon: Daniel Gagne', MD Lap RNY 10/30/08 |
Age: 38 |
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Originally Posted by Debz
Your new nickname has to be Haystack, cuz, well...they found a needle in you....
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09-12-2008, 08:41 AM
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Location: Phoenix, AZ |
Surgeon: Dr. Steven Simon |
Age: 37 |
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thank God your fine now Rach and your too sweet i guess thats the "nice" thing to not sue
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Highest weight 268
Surgery Date: 12/18/07 Lap RNY
Down 82 pounds (12/1/08)
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09-12-2008, 09:17 AM
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Location: San Diego, CA |
Surgeon: Dr. Callery, M.D. |
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Wow! What a totally negligent act.  I understand if you don't want to sue, but I think that you should pursue getting any deductable's or co-pays back. Another thing you might consider is letting the insurance Co. know what happened. They can probably put a lot more pressure on the hospital for permanant change. The most important thing is that you are all right. Keep getting better! ((((hugs))))
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7/30/08 - Request goes to ins. co.(done)
8/4/08 - 1st use of my scale at home (done)
8/14/08 - Surgery Approved (done)
9/4/08 - Surgeon Pre-OP (done)
9/10/08 - Anesthesiology Pre-Op (done)
9/19/08 - Surgery 11:30 a.m.-6:30p.m.PDT (done)
"If we always look back, we will never see where we are going and we will probably trip along the way."
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09-12-2008, 11:58 AM
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Location: Northeast Kingdom, VT |
Surgeon: Dr. Ashley Vernon-Boston, MA |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by agodewey
Wow! What a totally negligent act. I understand if you don't want to sue, but I think that you should pursue getting any deductable's or co-pays back. Another thing you might consider is letting the insurance Co. know what happened. They can probably put a lot more pressure on the hospital for permanant change. The most important thing is that you are all right. Keep getting better! ((((hugs)))) |
Yes, I totally agree with Jon here.. do NOT let them sweep this under the rug with a simply "Oops, sorry."
I understand if you're not the 'sue' type- me either- but you need to make sure that the hospital SOP changes so this doesn't happen to someone else! |
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09-12-2008, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008 |
Location: Mannheim, Germany but originally from Texas |
Surgeon: Dr. Shang |
Age: 28 |
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Well, I don't have any co-pays or deductibles to worry about guys, otherwise I totally would be throwing a wall-eyed (sp?) fit in there, believe me!
AND...they are changing their SOP's...I made that point very clear that they NEED to change their SOP's. My mother is a nurse and was an OR nurse and I used to work for a home health care agency as a wound nurse's assistant...I'm not a dummy and refuse to let them bully me.
I don't really care to sue them because there was no long term troubles caused so it would do me no good to sit in court for months and pay for lawyers and what not just to win money out of spite. I wouldn't feel right about that. Now don't get me wrong, had they shown up to the appointment with a lawyer and not admitted any kind of fault at all..oh my next stop would have been JAG. 
Thank you all for well wishes!
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day of surgery/current/goal
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Surgery Date: August 28, 2008
www.myspace.com/rachalrg
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09-12-2008, 01:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 |
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota |
Age: 30 |
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Originally Posted by rachalrg
ok, just got back...
apparently the resident that was sewing me up was inserting the needle wrong, and pulling too much skin together for the stitches and it snapped. the thread went one way and the needle went inside me. There isn't a policy for counting the needles and thread and stuff for closing incisions...they just count for the internal stuff...NOW there is...I told them to call it Rachal's Rule...lots of apologies and what not...
It's fine..it's over...I'm just glad they found it and took it out and I feel a WHOLE LOT better today. My incision is just sore now...WOOT!
I'm glad I'm feeling better and can go on...
By the way...I've lost 23 flippin pounds in exactly 2 weeks! WHOA! 
That is just soooo crazy to me! I haven't been below 300 in like 5 years! WOOT!!!!!!
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WOW!!! What a crappy thing to have to go through...I'm glad that you are okay now!!! Please tell me that they at least mentioned something about the medical costs being covered at the very least?!?!? (If not a little extra $$$...you are going to need a whole new wardrobe soon!  ) |
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09-12-2008, 02:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 |
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota |
Age: 30 |
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Originally Posted by Tisi'sFace
WOW!!! What a crappy thing to have to go through...I'm glad that you are okay now!!! Please tell me that they at least mentioned something about the medical costs being covered at the very least?!?!? (If not a little extra $$$...you are going to need a whole new wardrobe soon! ) |
Oops! Turns out that reading the whole thread before posting the response would be good! |
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09-12-2008, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008 |
Location: Folsom, California |
Surgeon: DR. Fuller |
Age: 40 |
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Im so glad figured out what was wrong with you. Someone needs to pay more attention to what they are doing! I hope your surgeon lets him know without any excuse that it cannot be tolerated. That a slip up like that could cost a life.
I m glad your feeling better. Sorry you had to go through so much.
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Lap Band surgery: 3/23/08
Lap Band Removal: 6/24/08
RNY Surgery: 9/08/08
Hospital: UCDAVIS
highest/preop/ current/ goal
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