On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:27:23 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 4/11/2016 10:28 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > "Janet B" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:05:10 -0300, wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:20:11 -0600, Janet B >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I guess I was lucky. I didn't have surgery to have it removed. I did
>> >>>> have surgery to place a 'screen' before my heart to prevent the clot
>> >>>> from getting to heart. I was treated with a blood thinner.
>> >>>> Janet US
>> >>>
>> >>> I saw one of those 'medical' ads on tv the other day, a law firm
>> >>> asking you if you had one of those screens to contact them - maybe you
>> >>> should check that out?
>> >>
>> >> No, I don't listen to those ads. It's law firms looking for business.
>> >> Janet US
>> >
>> > And there's a reason for that. You would be wise to check it out.
>>
>> Fearmongering!
>
>If I had that procedure done and then see there's a class action law
>suit going on, I would at least ask my doctor about it the next time I
>went. Often, current medical procedures are found to be not so good
>down the road. No need to panic but I would still ask my doc about it.
I agree. A friend had a hip replacement light years ago, when they
first started doing them, it was only later as a result of seeing
notice of a class action against porcelain replacement hips that she
knew anything could be amiss. When she checked with her doctor, he
checked, found she did indeed have a porcelain one and she had another
replacement before perhaps she fell and shattered the thing.