I’m standing on it pretty well now, 7 weeks after the surgery. Thought I was all set for another few years of normal life after my 2nd hip replacement January, 2019. But you can’t always get what you want, and in this case I became the victim of not just malpractice, but malpractice followed by either incompetence and/or criminal misconduct. I say either and/or, because it still remains unclear whether or not they did it on purpose. I would be inclined to think doctors and their subordinates freely and actively discuss matters affecting their patients, but what do I know? Maybe the VA really is too big to fail and they are just doing their thing in a vacuum, with little effective oversight.
Here’s where it stands:
Unsure if a lawyer is really called for at this point, basing that decision on what they say. I understand these things are rarely if ever cut and dried, but this one is or should be. It’s all in the official VA medical record, with the exception of the one single important detail of what actually happened, and thus why I needed a lumbar fusion last month. Maybe they believe people are naive enough to not know anybody over the age of 60 who’s ever done a day of real work in their life has any number of benign annular tears up and down their spine. It takes an orthopedic surgeon (in this case) to rip one wide open and make it go toxic.
Senator Gardner’s staffer, Maria Secrest tells me there are lawyers working pro-bono to connect with vets at the Denver Veterans Service Center. It should be interesting to see the VA’s official response to our senators. The VA Director’s office apparently wanted more info, prompting ECHCS to attempt contacting me, which I initially rejected. I am soooo goddamned sick and tired of talking about this. Probably have to wait for the pandemic to burn out before it goes any further.