Thursday, December 15, 2011
Can I sue my Doctor for this?
For the past year I have complained to my Primary care physician about an abrupt change in my vision and pain in my eye. He referred me to an Optometrist who chalked it up to changes in my hormones ._. I found that to be utterly ridiculous and pressed the issue with him letting him know something was wrong. Im not a medic but I know my body. He told me he didn't think I needed another eye exam for another 5 years! but only saw me again 2wice more because I kept coming back complaining about different symptoms that did not seem normal. I requested a referral to another Doctor who, in my opinion, read the previous Doctors "diagnosis" and said he also felt it was hormonal and due to dry eyes ._. I went outside of my health care benefit program and paid out of pocket for an ophthalmologist to check my eyes because I had tremendous pain in my eye that caused a blood vessel to burst and the old Doctor said it was due to migraine headaches and gave me headache medicine! The new Doctor advised its due to interocular pressure or something like that which is a symptom of Gluacoma! and he found there to be evidence of Glaucoma which is a serious threat to vision and it turns out has history in my family. Can I sue them for the misdiagnoses? If I had listened I would have ignored it and not gone back for 5 years! and one thing Ive read is that early detection is the key and this disease apparently is known as a "silent vision thief " I want to sue for malpractice and for the numerous 20 dollar co pays and the fees for seeing the new Doctor, can I do this?
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