carolynrodrigue
Junior Member
California
Hello, I am hoping someone can advise me of the best way to approach a potential malpractice and/or defective product suit. I have CRPS/RSD pain disease. I understand that when a patient gets this as a result of an operation or otherwise at the hands of doctors, it is possible to sue. My CRPS though, is the result of having had an IUD. The disease was spontaneous after having the IUD 4 years, and spread throughout my abdomen and down my right leg into my heal.
I am well educated, 41, and had a six figure income, but will now be disabled for life. It is very painful and has changed everything for me as I have been essentially bedridden with pain. I would love to sue to recoup some of my lost income at least. It's in my medical records that the IUD caused the CRPS.
Problem I seem to have is that apparently I am 'the only' person on earth to have had an IUD cause RSD/CRPS. Therefore, it seems, there is no negligence on the part of the IUD maker. Because they have made a reasonable product that only I seem to have reacted to. Is this true? Just because 'no one' else has had this, does this mean I cannot prevail in a suit?
I should also add that I also have RSD/CRPS in my left arm, as a result of having had Norplant implant in 1993. Because I have had a history of having had CRPS as a result of an implant in my arm, is it questionable whether it was good practice for a doctor to have implanted another implant in me, the IUD? As a third approach, I also have some reservations about the performance of the doctor who removed the IUD; she gave inappropriate care which may have contributed to problem as well as having caused delay in appropriate treatment, which, had it been administered timely, would have arguably mitigated, if not resolved the disease altogether.
Is there any recourse for me?
Note that my arm and IUD are distinct injuries and both have medically documented physical evidence of it's being CRPS. In my arm at the site I have permanent nerve damage and bone corrosion and regrowth, and noted deformation of my finger when it spread there. From the IUD I initially had complete resolution following a D&C, but it only lasted 6 months. Subsequent hysterectomy showed my uterus chronically inflamed throughout and twice the normal weight.
My statute of limitations is near. I have been referred to a pain specialist doctor who can serve as a specialist in the field, but will it do me any good to pay $3K for a second opinion if a case cannot be made? Any insight would be appreciated. I am also posting to see if I hear from anyone else who has gotten CRPS as a result of implants.
Many thanks for a response!~What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Hello, I am hoping someone can advise me of the best way to approach a potential malpractice and/or defective product suit. I have CRPS/RSD pain disease. I understand that when a patient gets this as a result of an operation or otherwise at the hands of doctors, it is possible to sue. My CRPS though, is the result of having had an IUD. The disease was spontaneous after having the IUD 4 years, and spread throughout my abdomen and down my right leg into my heal.
I am well educated, 41, and had a six figure income, but will now be disabled for life. It is very painful and has changed everything for me as I have been essentially bedridden with pain. I would love to sue to recoup some of my lost income at least. It's in my medical records that the IUD caused the CRPS.
Problem I seem to have is that apparently I am 'the only' person on earth to have had an IUD cause RSD/CRPS. Therefore, it seems, there is no negligence on the part of the IUD maker. Because they have made a reasonable product that only I seem to have reacted to. Is this true? Just because 'no one' else has had this, does this mean I cannot prevail in a suit?
I should also add that I also have RSD/CRPS in my left arm, as a result of having had Norplant implant in 1993. Because I have had a history of having had CRPS as a result of an implant in my arm, is it questionable whether it was good practice for a doctor to have implanted another implant in me, the IUD? As a third approach, I also have some reservations about the performance of the doctor who removed the IUD; she gave inappropriate care which may have contributed to problem as well as having caused delay in appropriate treatment, which, had it been administered timely, would have arguably mitigated, if not resolved the disease altogether.
Is there any recourse for me?
Note that my arm and IUD are distinct injuries and both have medically documented physical evidence of it's being CRPS. In my arm at the site I have permanent nerve damage and bone corrosion and regrowth, and noted deformation of my finger when it spread there. From the IUD I initially had complete resolution following a D&C, but it only lasted 6 months. Subsequent hysterectomy showed my uterus chronically inflamed throughout and twice the normal weight.
My statute of limitations is near. I have been referred to a pain specialist doctor who can serve as a specialist in the field, but will it do me any good to pay $3K for a second opinion if a case cannot be made? Any insight would be appreciated. I am also posting to see if I hear from anyone else who has gotten CRPS as a result of implants.
Many thanks for a response!~What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?