In Feb I made an appt with Dr. Likeover, he was personally referred. I had one office visit with him prior to surgury. He explained he would be doing a laminectomy at l4/l5 for a 15 year old herniated disk. I never saw him again until my unscheduled follow up appointment. When i was in post op i felt a snap inside my spine at the surgery site. I reported this and was told without examination that i was fine it was the anethesia. I was sent home with no antibiotics or pain meds. I have not been on pain meds prior to this surgery, doing therapy and injections. Within 24 hours i was in such excruiating pain we called his office. They refused to see me prior to my scheduled appointment. My husband took me to their office the next business morning anyway. I was a mess in pj's and was treated as such when i was taken to a closet to be insulted by Likeover and called a druggie and was told i would not receive any more pain meds and that i was acting like an addict. I dont even drink alcohol. I went to the ER. I was immediately taken to a bed in a hallway as they had no available rooms. The packing was taken off my surgery site by a ER physician to reveal an egg size opening with infection oozing out. The doctors apologized for likeover. Treatment began right away with antibiotics, iodine packing and daily follow ups for the next 8 weeks to have packing pulled out of the wound and new packing put in with a cocktail of antibiotics. At week 5 surgical sutures (blue) came out of the wound in my spine. I have had steriod injections. Rounds of physical therapy. I have had several epidural nerve blocks. I use a tens unit. Since the recovery i have been diagnosed with Herniated Disk, Degenerative Disk Disease, Spinal Stenosis, Arachnoiditis, Fibromyalgia, Restless leg syndrome, Muscle spasms, burning in my back, shooting pains in my legs, arthritus and many sleepless nites. I have endured financial difficulty, had to live with two different family members, moved several times only to end in divorce. This man literally ruined my life. I am permantly disabled and am now facing another surgery to do bone fusion thoracic. He was paid 77,000 dollars from my insurance company to screw up my life.
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