It's been a long time since I have even thought of doing a post. Almost 2 years. Jeesh!
Well time has been very crazy in my world. In 2009 DH had to have double hip replacement (yup at the ripe old age of 41). That was good because he felt great for about a year. Unfortunately in 2010 the damn hips were recalled. Not sure how in the heck you recall body parts but they did. It's been a very crazy 2 years. Cobalt/Chromium poisoning, revision surgeries to remove affected parts, 3 lawyers (bankruptcy, social security disability and of course a major lawsuit for ruining our lives).
Currently I am just so overwhelmed/angry/annoyed/frustrated/mad and just in general disbelief at the road we have been on. All in the name of corporate greed. There is evidence showing that the company knew PRIOR to his surgeries they were failing and they sat on the stuff for over a year before they did a recall. WTF! Marketing did their job but the rest of Depuy should be fired. I would love for someone to explain to my 2 daughters why their Dad is not like other Dad's. He spends more time in pain and being just a general @sshat than anything. It's been a LONG winter!
Oh and let's not even get started on social security. They have denied him twice and now we have to wait to go in front of a judge which will take a year! We hired a lawyer but here we sit. I had them pull his records and they denied our claim less than 2 weeks after his last surgery. They had absolutely NO records on his surgery. When they did that surgery he had tissue necrosis and was rotting from the inside out. We still don't know if it's gone and he could end up with more surgery. Seriously. 4 surgeries in 2 years and they think he can work. If he were a crackhead, major alcoholic or an illegal alien though he would get it without having to go through hoops, end up in bankruptcy and probably losing the house. ugh.
