I have considered this. The doc I really blame for not diagnoses the auto-immune issue are the first RE that I saw. The one that made me go through all the fertility treatments that I didn't need! Although it is documented that I called 4-5 times while I was under her care with complaints of bursitis, tendinitis and uveitis, at that time most of my blood work was relatively normal. I did complain to her about the swelling and pain but she blew it off as a side effect of the hormone treatments.
Since her speciality is reproductive endocrinology, I guess I'm not sure how much I can hold her liable. Even though I was seeing her for several, unexplained miscarriages that we now know were from the RA.
Even the first 3 times I saw the rheumy, which I went to on my own accord, not a referral from her, didn't diagnose RA because my blood antibody was negative. I do have the records that I called him like once a week and was in his office every 2-3 weeks for months because the pain and swelling was so bad before he bothered to do any treatment. Its not like he gave me the WRONG treatment, he was just very slow to treat and didn't give me high enough doses of the medications to be effective for as bad as my disease is.
I've never been big into lawsuits however, the thought of the money for adoption is a hard one to resist. I think I will talk to Will some more about it and ask the new rheumy when I see her again in a few weeks.
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