Q: If a doctor had made a medical error from leaving a wire from a bone stimulator does that require medical error?
I had surgery it was a 360 fusion surgery in 1992 & 1993. The doctor was supposed to remove everything from my body cavity and didn't and I didn't find out until later in the years like right before my surgery June the 7th it was a bone stimulator wire in my back from a previous surgery. The back doctor told me that if they if they try to remove the wire it will be a big risk that could lead to me being paralysis. It was said by two physicians. I also have some nerve damage from the what the neurologist told me that keeps my left feet swollen and feels hot and very sore and it's because of the nerve in my back is permanent damage. I did file a complaint against this doctor who done the first surgery and they said the statue of limitation has run out, but what if you never knew something in your back tell later down in the years am I at fault of this happen to me, and now I have to live with a permanent nerve damage for life of having swollen feet all the time not able to wear sandals.
A: Contact a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Assn who handles medical carelessness cases. The problem is the legislature in Texas protects bad doctors so you may in fact not have a case because of a statute of limitations written not to protect you, the innocent consumer, but to protect the doctors from their patients!
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