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Sounds a little petty to me, but then I am being sued over a car wreck that happened two years ago and I feel the claims are ridiculous, so I'm a little sensitive to frivolous lawsuits. By any chance, did your wife happen to lose any psychic ability as a result of the shot?
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In May last year my wife had an ectopic pregnancy and got a methotrexate shot to end it. After she got the shot, she had some pain around the injection site for a few weeks. She called the hospital about it and they told her that was normal and it should go away in a few weeks. It did eventually go away, but since then, every couple of months it will hurt a little bit again, but nothing serious enough to really worry about until recently.
Starting Monday this week, she's been having pain and cramping in her leg, badly enough that it's keeping her up at night. She finally went to the doctor about it yesterday, and after an X-ray, they told her it's a pinched nerve. Her doctor that did the X-ray said it looks like it's from the methotrexate shot, because he can see where they gave it to her, and it's right where one of the nerves in her leg is. The doctor thinks that when they gave her the shot, they hit that nerve and that's what's causing it.
He said that the pain should probably go away in a week or two, but that it might come back from time to time. He also said that in rare cases it can get worse, eventually requiring surgery to correct or she'll basically lose the use of that leg.
We discussed a little bit last night whether we should talk to a lawyer about it. We're both pretty torn on the issue. Neither of us is a big fan of the "sue everything" mentality of the American public. However, this seems like it might be legitimate malpractice that's putting my wife in pain and costing us money. We discussed just waiting to see if it would get worse, and then considering a lawsuit, but I did some looking, and the statute of limitations for medical malpractice in Michigan is 2 years, so if we did want to do something, it would need to happen fairly soon.
Does anyone have any advice? Does it sound like legitimate malpractice, or are we just being petty? Is it worth talking to a lawyer about?
Sounds a little petty to me, but then I am being sued over a car wreck that happened two years ago and I feel the claims are ridiculous, so I'm a little sensitive to frivolous lawsuits. By any chance, did your wife happen to lose any psychic ability as a result of the shot?
I don't know if you can sue the Doctor or hospital but in Michigan you cannot sue the drug company if the drug was FDA approved even if later it was found to be a" bad drug".
In May last year my wife had an ectopic pregnancy and got a methotrexate shot to end it. After she got the shot, she had some pain around the injection site for a few weeks. She called the hospital about it and they told her that was normal and it should go away in a few weeks. It did eventually go away, but since then, every couple of months it will hurt a little bit again, but nothing serious enough to really worry about until recently.
Does anyone have any advice? Does it sound like legitimate malpractice, or are we just being petty? Is it worth talking to a lawyer about?
Depends on where you live, but sounds like they ran up against a statute of limitations, your insurance had not settled, and they were leaving their door open. I am inclined to ask, "So are you insured by GEICO or Allstate?" LOL Those two almost always make you sue their insured before they will settle a claim with a lawyer.
No, it's neither of those and you're right, it is a two year statute. I do know my insurance offered more than 3 grand to settle it (which would be more than enough to cover the damage to the vehicle). It was a very low speed impact but the petition makes it sound like it was the crash of the century. I really feel they're just trying to shake down my insurance company.
In May last year my wife had an ectopic pregnancy and got a methotrexate shot to end it. After she got the shot, she had some pain around the injection site for a few weeks. She called the hospital about it and they told her that was normal and it should go away in a few weeks. It did eventually go away, but since then, every couple of months it will hurt a little bit again, but nothing serious enough to really worry about until recently.
Starting Monday this week, she's been having pain and cramping in her leg, badly enough that it's keeping her up at night. She finally went to the doctor about it yesterday, and after an X-ray, they told her it's a pinched nerve. Her doctor that did the X-ray said it looks like it's from the methotrexate shot, because he can see where they gave it to her, and it's right where one of the nerves in her leg is. The doctor thinks that when they gave her the shot, they hit that nerve and that's what's causing it.
He said that the pain should probably go away in a week or two, but that it might come back from time to time. He also said that in rare cases it can get worse, eventually requiring surgery to correct or she'll basically lose the use of that leg.
We discussed a little bit last night whether we should talk to a lawyer about it. We're both pretty torn on the issue. Neither of us is a big fan of the "sue everything" mentality of the American public. However, this seems like it might be legitimate malpractice that's putting my wife in pain and costing us money. We discussed just waiting to see if it would get worse, and then considering a lawsuit, but I did some looking, and the statute of limitations for medical malpractice in Michigan is 2 years, so if we did want to do something, it would need to happen fairly soon.
Does anyone have any advice? Does it sound like legitimate malpractice, or are we just being petty? Is it worth talking to a lawyer about?
Well if they went to the ER, $3K might would cover the bill, but might not. Either way, they will probably settle it at some point.
Sue. They made her suffer. Make them suffer.In May last year my wife had an ectopic pregnancy and got a methotrexate shot to end it. After she got the shot, she had some pain around the injection site for a few weeks. She called the hospital about it and they told her that was normal and it should go away in a few weeks. It did eventually go away, but since then, every couple of months it will hurt a little bit again, but nothing serious enough to really worry about until recently.
Starting Monday this week, she's been having pain and cramping in her leg, badly enough that it's keeping her up at night. She finally went to the doctor about it yesterday, and after an X-ray, they told her it's a pinched nerve. Her doctor that did the X-ray said it looks like it's from the methotrexate shot, because he can see where they gave it to her, and it's right where one of the nerves in her leg is. The doctor thinks that when they gave her the shot, they hit that nerve and that's what's causing it.
He said that the pain should probably go away in a week or two, but that it might come back from time to time. He also said that in rare cases it can get worse, eventually requiring surgery to correct or she'll basically lose the use of that leg.
We discussed a little bit last night whether we should talk to a lawyer about it. We're both pretty torn on the issue. Neither of us is a big fan of the "sue everything" mentality of the American public. However, this seems like it might be legitimate malpractice that's putting my wife in pain and costing us money. We discussed just waiting to see if it would get worse, and then considering a lawsuit, but I did some looking, and the statute of limitations for medical malpractice in Michigan is 2 years, so if we did want to do something, it would need to happen fairly soon.
Does anyone have any advice? Does it sound like legitimate malpractice, or are we just being petty? Is it worth talking to a lawyer about?
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