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I had a dr send me to a foot Dr and my foot Dr sent a paper to my Dr stating that he wanted to do a bone scan and said he thought I had rsd. When I went to him he stated he did not think anything the foot Dr said was right and said I did not have rsd and did not want to do a bone scan. Then told me he did not know why I was in so much pain and made me cry and feel like I was making it up. Before he left the room he told me I was not to keep using the crutches and put my shoe on and I told him I couldn''t my foot swelled up 3 times the size and I had pictures. He said since it wasn''t right then I was fine. I asked if he could give me a boot or something and he said no there was nothing wrong with me wearing it . I got hurt on jan. 21 and am still on crutches. I went back to my foot Dr and asked if I had to go back to my first Dr and told him what was said and he was mad that I was treated so bad. So I had to switch to just my foot Dr and he did the test and it came back that I do have rsd. I think he should not be able to treat people promedica needs to look in to their drs is there anything i can do. He made me have a anxiety attack and have to wait to be treated due to him not wanting to do his job.
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You would have to explore the option of a medical malpractice suit against the doctor. The doctors treatment would have to fall below the standard of care for this kind of treatment. Talk to your foot doctor about it in those terms and see if he agrees. If so, you may consider getting your medical records from the original doctor and the new foot doctor and contacting local attorneys in your area. Contact attorneys who do medical malpractice work and see if you can get a consultation (most are free). The attorney will likely want to review the records before giving you any concrete advice. Medical malpractice cases are very time consuming, expensive and usually require the hiring of an expert witness prior to even filing suit. Most state laws make it difficult to file actions against health care providers. Also, most of the case relies on what is in the records, which is why the attorney will likely want to review them. Note that you may have a two year statute of limitations from the incident to bring any action - but a local attorney will know your state laws better and be able to provide more detailed information regarding your state laws. Best of luck.
NOTE: This response is general in nature and should not be considered legal advice. No attorney-client relationship exists or is formed by this information.
Answered on May 11th, 2012 at 2:24 PM