Re: Fw: Just Wondering About Prostate Surgery

[Guest guest]

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> Calico:

> I wish I knew. It started a 14-month nightmare of incontinence

> and impotence. I took months to heal and it resulted in 2

> emergency room trips. I complained to the state board of medical

> licensing and, after taking 6 months to investigate, they

> reported that the doctor was not guilty of malpractice. I spoke

> several times to the company that manufactures the equipment used

> for the TUMT procedure, and they suggested the doctor may have

> chosen the wrong size catheter, thus possibly causing damage.

> Other than that, I don't know. It may not have sufficiently

> opened the urinary channel, I suppose. I've been retaining urine

> and this getting infections constantly for the past year-plus.

I recommend consulting an attorney who specializes in medical

malpractice cases.

The consultation should be free.

Regards,

Steve J

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Steve:

I did just that early on, and the upfront costs were prohibitive. I interviewed everyone from local lawyers to the "McLegal"heavy TV advertising variety. All required yet another complete workup and at least $5k in upfront costs. I'm sure it doesn't help me that the State of Illinois did not find fault with the uro who did the TUMT.

I'll just have to hope that my recent TURP does the trick, because the TUMT sure as hell didn't. Thanks for the recommendation.

Tom/65/dx 4/09/3+3/PSA 5.7->0.1/44 IGRT treatments/1 sample out of 12 malignant

Re: Fw: Just Wondering About Prostate Surgery

>>> Calico:> I wish I knew. It started a 14-month nightmare of incontinence> and impotence. I took months to heal and it resulted in 2> emergency room trips. I complained to the state board of medical> licensing and, after taking 6 months to investigate, they> reported that the doctor was not guilty of malpractice. I spoke> several times to the company that manufactures the equipment used> for the TUMT procedure, and they suggested the doctor may have> chosen the wrong size catheter, thus possibly causing damage.> Other than that, I don't know. It may not have sufficiently> opened the urinary channel, I suppose. I've been retaining urine> and this getting infections constantly for the past year-plus.I recommend consulting an attorney who specializes in medical malpractice cases.The consultation should be free.Regards,Steve J