Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 > > Ok, is anybody on this forum from Iowa?? I'm having serious anxiety > and need some advice from anybody else who has been here emotionally! > > I'm from Virginia, but recently moved from Iowa and a friend of mine > still works at a hospital there. She emailed me today stating that > she is concerned about me (yes, I appreciate it) because the doctor at > that hospital just lost two patients in a week and apparently five > altogether from doing GBS. Now watch me panic. I am preop - December > 3 is my date. I am going to a surgeon that does ONLY GBS (and in > comparison, this other one used to do only trauma surgery, from what I > remember). This is still causing me some serious anxiety. Yes, I > need to do this for my kids, so I can keep up with them, and for me, > so I can be happy and healthy. But what happens if come December 3, I > am not there for them anymore and the unthinkable happens? > > And, if anybody on here is from Iowa, do you have any insight into > what went wrong with these cases? All that was stated was that they > died due to the " known complications from this high-risk surgery " . > (or was that just a cover-your-a** type of statement?) > > Please, some advice would be greatly appreciated! Sorry for > rambling!!! > > > Preop 12/3/03 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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