He removed a polyp, and was supposed to cauterize it. It seems he missed it. What happened on the following Monday was when I sat for a bowelmovement. I thought the effluent was diarahhea (who can spell that stinkin' word). When I started to get dizzy, I looked down and saw blood. I had been pressing blood from my bowels. I called my wife, she shrieked, and said she'd been having woemn's periods for 35 years and this was the worse bowl of blood she'd ever seen.
I called the doctor'rs office. The recording said that if there were an emergency, call 911.
With that, I called my interest doctor. His answering service connected me with him. He made contact with the asshole doctor and Karen drove me to the hospital.
The rest is history. I still get the sweats from this though. My wife and children without their husband and father.
Enough said. I'm getting the shakes.
You may have signed away any possibility of damages when you signed the release prior to the procedure. I cqan't remember what it said word-for-word, but it seems to me like one of the possible complications included bleeding. The doctor also verbally went over this with me.
The bleeding sometimes cannot be predicted. Cautery might well have been performed and your straining on the commode may have caused it to open up.
Go ahead with a lawsuit if you wish, but it sounds like an uphill battle to me.
It's "Diarrhea" :). Think "hemorrhage."
Did you require transfusion?
DId he inform you of the risks of bleeding (one of the main complications of colonoscopy)? Were you on any blood-thinning meds...and were you told to discontinue them before the procedure?
Bleeding after polyp removal is one of the main complications of conlonoscopy. Were you discharged without instructions on what to do if this complication occurred?