Woman Awakens From Surgery to Find Panty-Line Tattoo

Fox News ^ | 07.16.2008 | Fox News

[Coffee200am]

A New Jersey woman has sued her orthopedic surgeon after awakening from surgery to find a temporary tattoo below her panty line.

Elizabeth Mateo, of Camden County, N.J., filed her lawsuit Tuesday saying she found "a temporary tattoo of a red rose" below her panty line the morning after her surgery for a herniated disc, her attorney, Gregg A. Shivers, told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

"She was extremely emotionally upset by it," Shivers told the paper.

[thefactor]

it’ll wear off. what’s she so upset about?

[WakeUpAndVote]

There’s more going on here folks.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Oh the horror, she should sue for a brazillion dollars!

[TheWasteLand]

Makes you wonder what else doctors do to you when you’re out, doesn’t it?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Beats a Kilroy tattoo.

[Kimmers]

This is really is a dumb thing for the orthopeadist to do but the key phrase is “temporary tattoo”.......take a bath and get over it

[SJSAMPLE]

If she knew all the bad things and insane medical errors that can happen in surgery, she’d look at the rose and think she got lucky.

[DJ MacWoW]

He draws a rose with washable marker and she sues? LOL

[Lx]

Was the anesthesiologist Dr. Miofsky for those of us in Sacramento?
He was quite the sick Dr. but several nurses went down with him too.

[jalisco555]

No harm no foul. She’s trolling for dollars, methinks.

[Orange1998]

What would you do if he tattoo.... Change=Obama

[bubbacluck]

Oh the horror, she should sue for a brazillion dollars!

They can sure afford it. They have lots of oil.

[TexasCajun]

[absolootezer0]

pings to those that may be interested..

i’d be made that it was temporary, not permanant.

[ImpBill]

Makes you wonder how her back is? /sarc

This lady needs to get a life.

But, alas, so do way too many Americans looking for the quick buck from an Ambulance Chasing Lawyer!

[gridlock]

This woman should put on her big girl panties and get a life!

[colorado tanker]

Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University who was read a summary of the lawsuit, speculated about why a surgeon who had performed an operation on the back would leave a red rose on his patient's belly.

Maybe because if he put it on her back she couldn't see it? Deep psychology there, Doc.

I'd give her $1 and a wet washcloth to wipe it off.

[Nonstatist]

Not cool.

[rodeo-mamma]

The woman needs to get a sense of humor! She is probably some uptight Democrat with a lawyer on retainer. The Doctor fixed her what more does she want? His ass?