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[chopdoc]

Including his life -- peritonitis is no joke.

Andria

I dont know if it was peritonitis or not. before they put the colostom

Yikes!

I had part of my intestines removed 3 yrs ago and got a hospital acquired infection. I too am very "anti-lawsuit" so I kept blowing it off, just wanted to get better and get on with my life.

A year later, I was still struggling with the infection and learned that I may be struggling with it for the rest of my life. At that time, I started contacting lawyers. Well, Texas is not a good place to file a medical malpractice suit, unless it involves loss of life or limb. A lifetime of suffering does not matter. I had one lawyer barely nibble. I gave up and went back to trying to get on with life.

Now... still struggling. Barely keeping my day job (partly because of this, but I have other health issues too). And now wishing I had called lawyers until one took the case, because the statute of limitations has expired.

Bottom line - at this point you only know how this has affected your life thus far, you have no crystal ball to tell when/if/ or how severely this may affect you years down the road. Sue. Sue for all you can get. They seriously messed up and could have easily killed you. Lawsuits are the only thing that make them think twice about how they treat their patients.

I sure don't "like" that this happened to either of you, stupid incompetents are only practicing! But I totally, absolutely agree. After my appendectomy last summer, I got a secondary infection in the main incision (and excision) point, in my navel -- it was easily dealt with, though it required 2 wks of mow-em-all-down broad-spectrum antibiotics, but even that shouldn't have happened. For the kind of suffering you both have suffered, they should pay a lot more than just paying your bills and reimbursing for lost wages; there really should be punitive damages in there too, because death could have easily resulted in either case, and there was an ungodly amount of suffering going on, and perhaps still to come.

Andria

I appreciate everyone input on this. Guess when I get off work I should go talk to a lawyer. Bad enough having my intestines cut but them missing it and sending me home where I went septic, there was no excuse for that. Then ignoring my express orders of no colostomy bag, and sending me home again where I got infected and had to spend two weeks in the hospital with 3 additional trips to the operating table just for the infection, thats also inexcusable.
As far as i know, and the surgeon already stated that the mesh they initially put in me for the hernia repair was destroyed by the infection. They did a piece meal patching of it after that but its not the repair i signed up for and has a high chance of failing.
Hate hearing you too had intestinal surgery kat, I know that is no fun. And your infection Andria sounds a lot like mine. I just dont have a navel anymore. The doc got rid of it. In all honesty, my stomach looks like I am closely related to Frankenstein now. I now have a scar going from hip to hip and another one going up to my breast bone with around a dozen little incisional scars all around the main scars.

 

[USMCotaku]

They need a dislike but feel for you button
Sent with one hand, the other is busy vaping.

 

[AndriaD]

I dont know if it was peritonitis or not. before they put the colostom





I appreciate everyone input on this. Guess when I get off work I should go talk to a lawyer. Bad enough having my intestines cut but them missing it and sending me home where I went septic, there was no excuse for that. Then ignoring my express orders of no colostomy bag, and sending me home again where I got infected and had to spend two weeks in the hospital with 3 additional trips to the operating table just for the infection, thats also inexcusable.
As far as i know, and the surgeon already stated that the mesh they initially put in me for the hernia repair was destroyed by the infection. They did a piece meal patching of it after that but its not the repair i signed up for and has a high chance of failing.
Hate hearing you too had intestinal surgery kat, I know that is no fun. And your infection Andria sounds a lot like mine. I just dont have a navel anymore. The doc got rid of it. In all honesty, my stomach looks like I am closely related to Frankenstein now. I now have a scar going from hip to hip and another one going up to my breast bone with around a dozen little incisional scars all around the main scars.

Just hearing about all you went thru made my IBS have a spasm. Seriously, that was the main culprit in my post-surgical nausea/vomiting misery -- colons that suffer IBS just won't tolerate being messed with, and a septic appendix and surgery to cut the sucker out is about as radical "messing with" as it can get. Pretty sure that was the root cause of those godawful cravings that led to my relapse; apparently that sort of problem really does need those tobacco alkaloids; after I was smoke-free again and the cravings came back, WTA vanished them completely.

Andria

 

[chopdoc]

Back to Mod Womping, I been vaping all night an STM on the Smok M80 Plus and ran it bone dry once. No burnt hit from it. The vapor was noticeably less and flavor was almost non existent. Puffed on it a few times with the tank totally dry and still no dry hits from it. Filled it up with some good ol Vanilla for Pipe DIY max VG juice and vaped on. I am vaping a 1.2 kanthal 28 build at 18 watts and 400 F. The STM doesnt like much more than 80/20 VG/PG juice and I am running over 91/9 VG/PG (%5 flavor, %4 nic) at the moment, made it for dripping. Its vaping fine.

I am kinda on the fence for getting another one. Having an 80 watt mod with Lipo batteries built in that will do TC on kanthal built tanks is cool. But I already have 2 M65's, 2 Cloupers, an Istick 20 and 30, 2 IPV4's, a Snow Wolf and an Evic VT plus a Terminator Squonker box at the house. I know there is even better on the horizon so not sure if I really should get another M80Plus or just wait to see whats new. Got a week left of work to decide....

 

[USMCotaku]

Back to Mod Womping, I been vaping all night an STM on the Smok M80 Plus and ran it bone dry once. No burnt hit from it. The vapor was noticeably less and flavor was almost non existent. Puffed on it a few times with the tank totally dry and still no dry hits from it. Filled it up with some good ol Vanilla for Pipe DIY max VG juice and vaped on. I am vaping a 1.2 kanthal 28 build at 18 watts and 400 F. The STM doesnt like much more than 80/20 VG/PG juice and I am running over 91/9 VG/PG (%5 flavor, %4 nic) at the moment, made it for dripping. Its vaping fine.

I am kinda on the fence for getting another one. Having an 80 watt mod with Lipo batteries built in that will do TC on kanthal built tanks is cool. But I already have 2 M65's, 2 Cloupers, an Istick 20 and 30, 2 IPV4's, a Snow Wolf and an Evic VT plus a Terminator Squonker box at the house. I know there is even better on the horizon so not sure if I really should get another M80Plus or just wait to see whats new. Got a week left of work to decide....

I want to try the snow wolf..... But it's just not in the budget

 

[Lessifer]

I dont know if it was peritonitis or not. before they put the colostom





I appreciate everyone input on this. Guess when I get off work I should go talk to a lawyer. Bad enough having my intestines cut but them missing it and sending me home where I went septic, there was no excuse for that. Then ignoring my express orders of no colostomy bag, and sending me home again where I got infected and had to spend two weeks in the hospital with 3 additional trips to the operating table just for the infection, thats also inexcusable.
As far as i know, and the surgeon already stated that the mesh they initially put in me for the hernia repair was destroyed by the infection. They did a piece meal patching of it after that but its not the repair i signed up for and has a high chance of failing.
Hate hearing you too had intestinal surgery kat, I know that is no fun. And your infection Andria sounds a lot like mine. I just dont have a navel anymore. The doc got rid of it. In all honesty, my stomach looks like I am closely related to Frankenstein now. I now have a scar going from hip to hip and another one going up to my breast bone with around a dozen little incisional scars all around the main scars.

Just wanted to put my in as well. You definitely need to sue, it would not be a frivolous lawsuit. You were harmed, you suffered, you had lost wages and extra expenses, and they were incompetent. You could be recovering from this for a long time to come.

 

[chopdoc]

Just wanted to put my in as well. You definitely need to sue, it would not be a frivolous lawsuit. You were harmed, you suffered, you had lost wages and extra expenses, and they were incompetent. You could be recovering from this for a long time to come.

I been working aviation in the oil industry for going on 29 years. I cant tell how many times I heard "your offshore, you need to get hurt and sue" and I was always like, No, I dont! Even my own missus told me that once and it took me about two seconds to put her in her place. I worked hard to get where I am in life and every thing I have, I earned. It irks me to no ends hearing people get an undisclosed settlement for spilling hot coffee on themselves or other asinine reasons. Which is why I asked people opinion here. Everyone seems slightly insane here but with morals and standards and yall mod wompers and tuttle puffers opinions matter in my book.
I am hearing from everyone I know, "sue". The missus told me yesterday I needed to call a friend I havent spoken to in five years because she ran into him, told him what happened and he says I need to sue, call him and he will set me straight. Jeez.
But yall are right. There was gross incompetence by the doctors, and I know I will have to eventually go thru another hernia surgery. I already feel this one getting a soft spot in my abdomen and starting a slight bulge. It will fail, so I guess when I get off next week I need to make an appointment with a slime, erm I mean lawyer and see what can be done.

 

[chopdoc]

I want to try the snow wolf..... But it's just not in the budget

The Snow Wolf is nice, and as a 200 watt mod, worth every penny. Yet as a TC mod it chatters like the IPV4. Not as much but it does go hot, cool, hot, cool.

 

[Monotremata]

Yeah chopdoc I vote for suing too. Its not an ambulance chaser case, this is legitimate, and has caused some serious harm to you and a big disruption to your life in general. This is a hospital where people are supposed to be able to trust in the competence of its employees to care for our lives, and it sounds like theyve staffed it with the cast of the Muppet Show!

 

[USMCotaku]

The Snow Wolf is nice, and as a 200 watt mod, worth every penny. Yet as a TC mod it chatters like the IPV4. Not as much but it does go hot, cool, hot, cool.

Now I know what you are talking about! It's definitely caused by how those mods are tuned to do temp control... Some just do it more aggressively, my arctic dolphin does that, same with the brass nebula I got. The way to counter act that (in all but my arctic dolphin) is to find the wattage that will just get you up to your tc setting but not over. You should hit your temp protection right around the end of your draw (arctic dolphin doesn't have wattage settings in tc mode).

 

[USMCotaku]

The Snow Wolf is nice, and as a 200 watt mod, worth every penny. Yet as a TC mod it chatters like the IPV4. Not as much but it does go hot, cool, hot, cool.

Oh, and if I could afford a snow wolf, I could afford this.... VT DNA 200 200W TC Box Mod by Hcigar PREORDER | Vape Street

$125 preorder..... For a mod that does true 200 watts (no pulsing to get there like the snow wolf ), a smooth well done tc, and with a PC it's completely customizable... Even down to what the screen shows at any given time. Needless to say, I wants, but I cants have right now.

 

[chopdoc]

Oh, and if I could afford a snow wolf, I could afford this.... VT DNA 200 200W TC Box Mod by Hcigar PREORDER | Vape Street

$125 preorder..... For a mod that does true 200 watts (no pulsing to get there like the snow wolf ), a smooth well done tc, and with a PC it's completely customizable... Even down to what the screen shows at any given time. Needless to say, I wants, but I cants have right now.

That VT DNA 200 looks sweet. Any idea when they might be delivered?

 

[TrollDragon]

But I already have 2 M65's, 2 Cloupers, an Istick 20 and 30, 2 IPV4's, a Snow Wolf and an Evic VT plus a Terminator Squonker box at the house. I know there is even better on the horizon so not sure if I really should get another M80Plus or just wait to see whats new. Got a week left of work to decide....

Wow... that is such a terrible position to be in, I really feel for you...

 

[Romano Cheese]

Good morning Mod Wompers!

 

[AndriaD]

I been working aviation in the oil industry for going on 29 years. I cant tell how many times I heard "your offshore, you need to get hurt and sue" and I was always like, No, I dont! Even my own missus told me that once and it took me about two seconds to put her in her place. I worked hard to get where I am in life and every thing I have, I earned. It irks me to no ends hearing people get an undisclosed settlement for spilling hot coffee on themselves or other asinine reasons. Which is why I asked people opinion here. Everyone seems slightly insane here but with morals and standards and yall mod wompers and tuttle puffers opinions matter in my book.
I am hearing from everyone I know, "sue". The missus told me yesterday I needed to call a friend I havent spoken to in five years because she ran into him, told him what happened and he says I need to sue, call him and he will set me straight. Jeez.
But yall are right. There was gross incompetence by the doctors, and I know I will have to eventually go thru another hernia surgery. I already feel this one getting a soft spot in my abdomen and starting a slight bulge. It will fail, so I guess when I get off next week I need to make an appointment with a slime, erm I mean lawyer and see what can be done.

I have an artificial (surgically-induced) hernia right under my c-sec scar; apparently clipping the connecting bands between the rectus abdominus is a really bad thing to do to an asthmatic who has to cough ALL the time. For 20+ yrs, I've had to wear this "belly band" thing, to keep my guts where they belong. Never had sufficient insurance to get it surgically repaired (it didn't show up till the kid was about 5 yrs old, at which time I had no insurance at all). But having heard your tale, even if I ever do get any insurance, I'm thinking I may not ever get it fixed.

Andria

 

[chopdoc]

Oh, and if I could afford a snow wolf, I could afford this.... VT DNA 200 200W TC Box Mod by Hcigar PREORDER | Vape Street

$125 preorder..... For a mod that does true 200 watts (no pulsing to get there like the snow wolf ), a smooth well done tc, and with a PC it's completely customizable... Even down to what the screen shows at any given time. Needless to say, I wants, but I cants have right now.

The Snow Wolf does have some cons that you should be aware of before getting one. It goes into sleep mode kinda quickly so your constantly clicking it 5 times to wake it up, and the + and - buttons are right next to the fire button. If your not paying attention to it you can easily hit the plus button and be at max temp or wattage depending on whats selected. The VT DNA 200 has those buttons at the bottom of the mod so that wouldnt be an issue with it.

 

[USMCotaku]

That VT DNA 200 looks sweet. Any idea when they might be delivered?

No clue, but as more and more dna200 mods are now being released, can't imagine the wait would be too long

 

[VNeil]

OK yall, off topic but what is your opinion. Last November I went in for a hernia operation. Somehow during the 4 hour operation my intestines got cut, the surgeon missed it, and I was sent home that way. Before they released me was told I had an abnormally high white blood count. I go home and within 5 days I get deathly ill. Back to the hospital where they discovered my intestines was cut and I was septic. Over a month without eating, being fed by a tube in my arm and they decided to operate again. I flat out told them no colostomy bag, that I refuse it. Woke wup from the surgery with a colostomy bag. Get sent home again and within a week the incision is infected. Streams of puss was shooting out my belly for two feet. Back to the ER where I left a big puddle of puss under the wheel chair, they squeezed my belly around where the infection was coming out and got more than enough puss to fill a 16 oz coke bottle. Even I was amazed at how much infection was in me. Three more trips to the operating table just for the infection.
Long story short, over 50 days in the hospital, 8 times on the operating table during seven months. It was suppose to be one operation, six weeks recovery. Sick leave is all used up, vacation time is all gone for the year.
Now for the opinion part. Every one is telling me I need to go after the doctor for this yet suing goes against my grain. Everything I have I earned, and no one gave me anything nor would I ever take it. If it was yall, what would you do, sue even if it goes against your nature or be happy to be healthy again and move on.

I used to be like you. But over the years I've hardened. Here is what I suggest you consider... go back and look at the bill for the initial surgery. Look at how much of YOUR money went into your surgeon's pocket. And it was YOUR money, because somewhere you are paying it, through insurance or whatever.
Now, for 500 bucks, I would have been happy to cut you open, poke around, and cut your intestines up, and send you home. You would have gotten what you paid for.

Now consider how much more he charged, for the same service. And if you got your money's worth.

You might also consider the WHY. Was he drunk or otherwise incapacitated, was he thinking about the new car he was going to buy with your money instead of the job at hand, or was this one of those "stuff happens" things that mere mortals, even doctors, no matter how careful, cannot prevent? Can't help you with that one.

 

[Boden]

I've got a secret I thought I'd share with y'all. Since most of you are coil builders this seems like a good spot to beta test this.

This is something I've been working on for about three weeks. I was pondering airflow and coil geometry. Most of the cooling happens on one side of the coil the other side is in a shadow. I have a few other ideas to deal with this but they only work with nickel coils... more on that later.

Introducing "Bodens Bow Coil" *patent pending*

It is a contact coil near the air port and a spaced coil on top. The two outer wraps are spaced slightly on the airflow side.

I was running this one with cotton, It was quite good.

This one is wicked with Rayon. Even better.

I think I'm on to something, I would appreciate it if y'all would give it a try and let me know what you think.

 

[Romano Cheese]

@Boden flippin' genius! I need to hop aboard the Temp Control Hype Train...