quincy
Senior Member
... and reduce the likelihood that the condition can be directly tied to the surgery/surgeon and medical malpractice.
Embarrassment is never a good reason to avoid seeing a doctor.
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Urology procedures caused ED
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Embarrassment is never a good reason to avoid seeing a doctor.
Zigner
Senior Member, Non-Attorney
It's possible, heck, even likely that the doctor will want to HELP you and figure out what could be causing the condition. Frankly, with your reluctance to try to actually remedy the problem by speaking to the/a/any doctor about it, you come across as more interested in a lawsuit than a resolution.
quincy
Senior Member
You could see another doctor if you want to. Ask for your medical records and take them to another doctor. I wouldn't hold off seeing a doctor any longer, though.
Just Blue
Senior Member
Or, more likely, the doctor will either explain that UD is "normal" after this type of surgery and will go away in time or become aware that you are having a not "normal" medical issue and treat you for it. You, of course, can seek a second medical opinion. You will need to bring your medical records to the second surgeon.
not2cleverRed
Obvious Observer
You want to have a strong case when you throw accusations off "malpractice" around.
If the dr did everything by the book and you had a negative outcome, that is not malpractice.
If the nurses did everything to the best of their ability and training, after you delayed treatment, that is not malpractice.
Negative outcomes are not always malpractice.
If you don't tell your dr that there's something wrong, the doctor is going to assume that everything is fine. Can't fault 'em for that.
So, step 1 is to go to you dr with your complaint.
Step 2 is to go to a dr independent of the first to evaluate your complaint, see if there is anything to be done about it, and whether there was some form of gross negligence.
Even if there were gross negligence, if there is an easy fix, you have no case.
Even if there were gross negligence, if it's not fixable now, but would have been if you had informed your dr at follow up visits, you have no case.
There has to be PROOF that the dr screwed up. If you ignored symptoms, which resulted in you delaying treatment of the UTI, so that antibiotics alone wasn't enough, making it more complicated to treat, that's on you, not exclusively the dr.
Never lie to your doctor or lawyer. Otherwise, they can't help you.
quincy
Senior Member
Both points quoted above are worth emphasizing. Excellent post, Red.
Zigner
Senior Member, Non-Attorney
Nobody said you did - it was just advice to not do it moving forward.
quincy
Senior Member
Seeing a doctor - your personal physician, your urologist, the surgeon, a different doctor - is what you need to do before thinking about any legal action. With luck, your erectile dysfunction can be treated without difficulty.
Regarding legal action - I think I understand why I would not be interested. When you have a private, sensitive part of your body that has been damaged or compromised in some kind of way, you want to protect it. You don't want to expose it to some kind of public battle in which savvy lawyers are going to blame you and find lies and shred up your story. I feel like I totally understand why sex abuse victims don't come forward. I'm not at all saying my situation is the same as sex abuse. But I get it. I totally see why so many people would not even bother.
quincy
Senior Member
I don't think most men would wait to seek medical help.
And ED really is nothing at all like sex abuse.
commentator
Senior Member
Based on experiences in my family, yes, by all means, DO see another doctor. Before you consider suing for anything, you would need to make sure you have addressed the problem with your current doctor. You must be shown to have behaved reasonably and to have attempted to correct the situation before you start suing anybody. You don't want him to say, "But I didn't even know there was a problem! I could've fixed it! "
But then, I would still strongly encourage you to get a second opinion, see another doctor. I certainly empathize with your not liking your urologist! Particularly in this field, the technologies and treatment procedures change, sometimes the more experienced and highly, highly recommended doctors are more comfortable with some of the older procedures and continue to use them, while a doctor with a different perspective may have a much more successful and less painful way to do things. This was certainly what we found with urologists, To quote the new doctor, "You mean he's still doing it THAT way???" You have been traumatized, it may take some time to recover. But don't give up.
However, malpractice is sounding pretty far out in the future if at all in this situation. Most of the attorneys we spoke with about a possible lawsuit after a knee replacement issue wanted very detailed medical histories and records, and things needed to be very clearly established as permanent damage before you are going to be able to start any case, if at all.
And hint, once you start saying anything about malpractice or thinking the first doctor or hospital or anybody made mistakes and you're considering suing, you may limit the number of doctors who will be willing to see you at all. The chances of their having to be deposed in a hearing and having to testify that another doctor, medical practice, or treatment facility messed up do not sound good to them, most of them are not willing if they have any foreknowledge that you're thinking of going in that direction.
But then, I would still strongly encourage you to get a second opinion, see another doctor. I certainly empathize with your not liking your urologist! Particularly in this field, the technologies and treatment procedures change, sometimes the more experienced and highly, highly recommended doctors are more comfortable with some of the older procedures and continue to use them, while a doctor with a different perspective may have a much more successful and less painful way to do things. This was certainly what we found with urologists, To quote the new doctor, "You mean he's still doing it THAT way???" You have been traumatized, it may take some time to recover. But don't give up.
However, malpractice is sounding pretty far out in the future if at all in this situation. Most of the attorneys we spoke with about a possible lawsuit after a knee replacement issue wanted very detailed medical histories and records, and things needed to be very clearly established as permanent damage before you are going to be able to start any case, if at all.
And hint, once you start saying anything about malpractice or thinking the first doctor or hospital or anybody made mistakes and you're considering suing, you may limit the number of doctors who will be willing to see you at all. The chances of their having to be deposed in a hearing and having to testify that another doctor, medical practice, or treatment facility messed up do not sound good to them, most of them are not willing if they have any foreknowledge that you're thinking of going in that direction.
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No ED itself is not like sex abuse. But all of the instrumentation that was used, the catherization, the camera scope forced into you, the tools that are going up orifices that are not normally penetrated. This is all intense. The blood that come out of your urine for days. And the burning sensations. How you end up with scar tissue in your ureter. And ultimately with sexual dysfunction.