re: Calling OT legal experts: Medical Malpractice

I'm going to take a guess and say that this resulted because of a failure in basic medical practice.
- Appointments (meaning face time) getting shorter and shorter
- Standard physical examinations are not conducted, Symptoms are reported, Signs are observed
- Chief complaint was breathing, first few doctors did not do a physical, did not look for signs, did not conduct any questioning that would have prompted them to look at signs in a physical examination
- Breathing issues accompany heart issues many times, and those docs should have take some steps to rule out the heart stuff and clearly they didn't
- Red flag was swelling which would have been discovered with a physical exam and rudimentary questions that even middle schoolers can be taught such as 'does your jewelry fit tighter than it did'

The problem wasn't breathing, it was heart failure. When the heart fails to pump an adequate amount of blood out to the body, the body senses this. The body reacts as if it is low on blood volume and a large cascade of events take place to increase blood volume. But this serves to overload the heart, function does not improve, and it's a downward spiral. Plus, lack of output means major organs can be deprived of blood flow. The reaction to create more blood volume and the inability to move it around creates swelling which accumulates everywhere and can accumulate around the heart, lungs, chest area, as well as feet and hands.

The big question is finding what got all of this started.

One thing for sure though:
Cardiac output drops -> Endocrine System responds -> Kidneys help in retaining fluid -> Blood volume goes up -> Blood volume not circulated -> Swelling -> Breathing problems

This is basic physiology. You don't even need to climb into pathophysiology to understand this is going to occur.

Those doctors are morons. At a minimum their other patients deserve to know they are sitting in front of idiots that they have to pay stupid amounts of money to, just so they can display their ignorance of the most fundamental parts of human physiology and medical practice.

Medical errors are only beaten out by cancer and heart disease as causative agents of death in the US.

You had heart problems and medical errors trying to put you in the ground.

In my opinion it's malpractice. They failed basic standards of care in my estimation. The question will be legal standing and then, if it is malpractice, what are the damages. I assume they would argue you'd end up having all the same procedures and surgery anyway, they just delayed it. Proving their error, costing you time at a minimum, is responsible for permanent organ damage would be tough. I do think it would be fair for them to refund all fees you paid, and pay for your time that you wasted before seeing a cardiologist, and somehow this should be annotated somewhere so their other patients can see what idiots they are.

These docs screwed up and they should be held responsible, but the idiotic system we have that crushes doctors with paperwork should disappear as well. It's a ridiculous burden on them that contributes to error.