Recent content by arbez

You are so sweet, despite what you have been through. Hope I come out the same person I was (or better), not angry, cynical. I appreciate your words of support. The two things I have already on my side is a good lawyer who told me what to expect (and didn't sugar coat anything, he was very...

Very, very helpful, thank you so much. Gives me hope.

Thanks. You may be right about my energy being spent in better ways.

Thanks for your advice, appreciate it. My therapist supports whatever I want to do. She just wanted me to know it could worsen my PTSD. Think other issues are making it bad right now so I'm depressed and feeling vindictive. Would like to make these guys who think they are God's gift to medicine...

My therapist supports my decision. I'm not suing claiming damages such as PTSD. What both of them did was wrong. The one doctor called the other doctor said he would have seen me (which his office told me he wouldn't) and that I had threatened to sue him (again, which I did not and have the...

Thanks for the advice. I plan on suing for medical malpractice (shall I call it medical vindictiveness?) and possible slander since my physician wrote a letter that claimed I am a liar and manipulator, both of which are not true and was based upon a call from another physician who never saw or...

Thanks, great advice. Have a call in to a lawyer now. Sorry about what happened to you, it's not right.

My PTSD resulted from medical malpractice. Had 4 hip surgeries. Spent almost 3 years in bed trying to get it fixed (it finally is). At times I was treated as a drug seeker. Had many doctors refuse to treat my pain. But the real question is regarding two docs in particular. One never saw me -...

Healing from Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life, by Jasmin Lee Cori This is a general (very good) book on PTSD. The author is a therapist who suffered with PTSD for many years. She intentionally does not give specific examples because she says that...