I'm just so sorry....
I read these stories and feel for all of you; some of you should hire lawyers! My prayers are with you.
Heck, I'll name names! My original surgery was a disaster BECAUSE of the surgeon DR. MICHAEL KROPF of Cedars Sinai in L.A. He is a lousy surgeon and was totally inadequate for what I needed. Fortunately I found an excellent revision surgeon and I am much, much better. I am still recovering but I can say I have less pain in only 3 months after revision surgery than I did 6 years after my first surgery.
There's hope....don't give up.
Susan
XLIF/Posterior Surgery 6/16/08. Fused T10-L5 in CA by Dr. Michael Kropf (don't go there unless it's simple, I hear he's at Cedar's now). Very deformed, had revision w/5 PSO's, rods from T-3 to sacrum including iliac screws, all posterior, 5/23/16 with Dr. Purnendu Gupta of Chicago.
Owner of Chachi the Chihuahua, So Cal born and bred, now a resident of 'Chicagoland' Illinois. Uh, dislike it here....thank God there was ONE excellent spine surgeon in this area.