Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically and financially (2015)
I was preparing to make a long post asking for ideas&#x2F;help (been saying that for weeks but it&#x27;s ready and I was waiting to Monday since weekends are slower) This sort of thing ruined my life, cost me everything, and has finally brought me to the precipice. I was convinced 15 years ago to have surgery to &quot;prevent later disability&quot; and it ironically left me disabled and in severe pain. I later found out abroad from several doctors that I never needed the surgery but the catastrophic damage was done, but they did improve things slightly and Ive been trying to get back to live there but cannot.<p>A few years later in some nightmare the &quot;repair&quot; surgeon messed it up far worse and changed the procedure we had agreed on, but I signed the vague forms hurridly shoved in front of me as I was being prepped and legally he as allowed to. I never would have agreed to that procedure he did had I been clearly informed. They got paid...my life got ruined...and things slid downhill from there as systems and people failed me. Now I am facing seemingly insurmountable needs and costs and more surgery which terrifies me and I would never trust having in this country if at all.<p>It&#x27;s long story that has no TLDR. I am at my wits end and don&#x27;t know if a comment here is the right place to share whole thing, or if I should make my own post now or Monday...I need as many eyes on it as possible if there is any hope.