I am very grateful to the medical community for all that they do, but given the high malpractice insurance, I think that sometimes they get into a mode of practicing "not being sued", instead of medicine...it seems to be a catch "22" sometimes. I have had my experiences with the surgeons and I do not like how they treated me or Jim - especially when it came to the feeding tube. We could never get it to work and when he finally said take it out, then they didn't want to do it and I had to become the "wife from hell". So they took it out against Dr.'s orders, which was written on the paperwork. Then infections set in for months and Jim kept telling them that they left something in, but no one could find anything. Finally we were referred to a wound care specialist and the morning of our appointment, Jim got to digging into his wound and pulled out "4" tacks that had been left inside when they yanked it out! He healed in (3) days....AND WE DIDN'T SUE THE SURGEON AND DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF DOING SO....and still don't! I did let them know they made a mistake and that they should listen to patients more and stop trying to practice "not being sued"! Feedback is a gift.

Hang in there - nurses from hell can be a good thing! Doctors and surgeons are just people like us and do the best they can - they chose a very difficult profession and some may not have made the best grades, but passed all the tests....

Paula