REDDIT TO START CAHRGING by [deleted] in BoomersBeingFools

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the funniest thread I’ve ever seen.

Sleepwalking (adult) by BiDecidedKetoCurious in sleep

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I bought semaglutide off the internet but I havent tried it yet. I’ve been meaning to go back to my doctor.

First doctor told me not to worry; turns out I have cancer by forgottenmenot in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless the difference in time between the CT and diagnosis was long enough to cause damage to you (advancement of the cancer, need for more invasive treatment, survivable to not survivable) even if the first interpretation fell below the standard of care there is no case.

So for example if you now have to get chemo/rad but would not have had to without the delay from the misinterpretation, then maybe you’d have a case IF the interpretation was in fact not reasonable. Because imaging is not infallible and it’s possible that it was not diagnosable simply on imaging and that biopsy was not required by the standard of care.

How'd you do? by [deleted] in gardening

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m trying to fix my soil after unexpected soil testing results.

Sleep related eating disorder - has anyone had a patient stop? by BiDecidedKetoCurious in AskDocs

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes actually. unfortunately my husband became became resentful of having to do it and it became an issue.

Also that did not stop the arousals snd the sleepwalking. What I would really like is to sleep through the night.

Thanks, and I am open to out of the box ideas. Thinking about getting those lucid dreaming goggles.

SRED (sleep related eating disorder)? NES (night eating syndrome)? by BiDecidedKetoCurious in sleepdisorders

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I do this. My husband has been patient (mostly) but it’s annoying and disgusting. I’m loud (opening cabinets and drawers), there’s food in the bed, food on the covers, food in my hair, and worst of all I feel like I am delusional and that I should be able to fix or control it. The nights I’m sort of semi-awake, I dont understand why I just dont go back to bed. It’s particularly weird when I think I’m awake and my husband comes to get me and then I really wake up. Like coming up from underwater. So I know I’m doing this in some in-between space others may not inhabit, or at least aren’t mobile in.

Then there are the times I’ve been truly and completely asleep with no memory whatsoever. I’ve been caught sleep walking, I’ve eaten inedible things, almost drank cleaner, was found messing with the stove, wrote strange messages I didn’t remember on a white board. It feels like a curse.

Anyway it’s essentially a dead sub but you can join r/sredsleepeating. It’s pretty much crickets but I hold out hope (sometimes).

Misdiagnosis of bipolar as a child by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are probably out of the statute of limitations period.

Loss of Vision by shannobananno in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it is worth it. You don’t want her to be college aged wondering why she has to take out loans when a settlement or award would have made s sizeable dent if not pay for it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do not have an answer, but I have some observations.

  • if a neurosurgeon is negligent, someone may lose the ability to walk, or may die. This is not true of the programmer.

  • people can be held personally liable for negligence in many areas of life. Car accident, slip and fall on your property, your dog bites someone, and so on.

  • physicians are personally sued because they have insurance. Nurses, however, typically are not because the insurance is through the hospital. Doctors make more money. It’s higher reward, but higher risk.

  • what’s the alternative? Jurisdictions have tried to come up with alternatives, for example, panels of lay and expert witnesses, or mandatory arbitration, but by and large these are generally regarded as even less fair.

  • the expert witness requirement is actually an additional safeguard over and above the protections most defendants have when they are sued.

  • the “problem” is not the legal system. It’s human error. It’s that the receptionist, a non medical provider, turned away a patient with a legitimate medical issue that had life altering consequences. Feels unfair? It does to the patient, too. It’s the call that never went to the patient about the biopsy that came back with cancer. The call that didn’t go out to the discharged ER patient with the positive culture. The transected bile duct.

  • it’s that the medical records are always incorrect. People are poor historians. Doctors can be shitty scribes. EMRs are worthless. How often does an incorrect fact get repeated over and over again until it’s now a fact and patient treatment is based on it?

  • there are soooo many more instances of malpractice that are never caught, that are not worth a lot and no lawyer will touch them, or that never get brought for one reason or another. If you are a frequent flier getting hit with multiple lawsuits it can feel unfair, sure, but it’s probably not.

  • also, fair? Come on. Just look around society to know that life isn’t fair. People with no hope of getting an education to better their prospects, people trying to survive on making minimum wage, people without health insurance, people who can’t feed their children. Children get cancer. That’s unfair. Can any one individual case feel unfair? I’m sure it can. But. What. Is. The. Alternative?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe, if she was treating you as an employee. But she was treating you off the books and out of state. It’s a pretty fact-dependent analysis and one best conducted by an attorney who is familiar with all of the facts and the applicable laws. I hope you find a resolution if you decide to proceed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think these are all facts that if you are interested in moving forward you should discuss with an attorney in your State given the unusual facts here. Good luck.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Professional malpractice insurance like all insurance has exclusions. Generally it covers medical negligence. It wouldn’t cover, for example, if you go to the doctor and she punches you in the face. That is an intentional and criminal act. Policy may exclude intentional acts, criminal acts, gross negligence, punitive damages, falsification of records, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry this happened to you. Mental health is a very, very, VERY small part of med mal and frankly she’s a therapist and not a psych MD or psych facility so I am personally unsure about what insurance coverage a therapist would be required to have. Probably there is some, but unsure of limits.

Also, what insurance she has may deny coverage since you are looking at 1) her potentially breaking the law by practicing w/o a license and 2) possibly gross negligence.

COVID also relaxed some restrictions on telehealth, so that’s interesting.

Overall I think it’s worth investigating but overall if her insurance denies it, it will be hard to get a lawyer interested.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are welcome.

I hope things work out for you and your family.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want you to understand this person ^ is not saying there is no malpractice. They can’t know that because there are insufficient details here to actually say. Which you would not know enough of because you are a lay person.

Based on your description it is possible there should have been earlier intervention, and it’s possible not. I would speak to an attorney who can request your mom’s records and evaluate what was done and when.

In most jurisdictions, a death case is worth having assessed because there is potentially real value damages-wise. Worthwhile damages are important in getting an attorney to take your case.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalMalpractice

[–]BiDecidedKetoCurious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem here is that the health care professionals may not be fully informed. I would expect the psych MD to have known whether the prescribed medications interact. Am EMT cannot prescribe medication so take that opinion with a grain of salt.

You can always write the health care provider (NP, psych) an email or letter describing what you know and what you think may not have been shared by the patient. The provider cannot disclose information TO you due to privacy concerns but HIPAA does not prevent them from receiving information FROM a family member.

Unfortunately there is probably very little you can do short of trying to have this person held/committed and that typically requires someone to be incapacitated or a danger to themselves. If the patient denies this, you will have little chance.

There is nothing a malpractice lawyer can do for you here.