Botched Tummy Tuck from Dr Hochstein
Botched Tummy Tuck from Dr Hochstein
After researching I chose Dr Hochstein but it was the biggest mistake ever and I'm still paying for it,, mentally, physically and financially. Everyone was great prior to surgery and paid in full.
Immediately after a couple days I knew something was wrong, my 1st major surgery and when I complained he would call very hostile, holler and screamed at me saying quit trying to control your care. I was in and out of the ER, I had a huge knot on my incision a seroma. I flew back down to see Dr H, he was very sick, 2 black eyes and large C cuts behind his ears. He came in, horrible bedside manner, took a syringe and drained fluid, put me on the table and cleaned up my horrible looking wounds and left. I got dressed, opened the door and ask for the dr and was told to go back in the room and shut the door. A lady came in and took me to a room and photographed me and sent me away.
I traveled from Texas, had to have a wheelchair take me to the plane, there and back. I was very sick, weak and defeated at this time. Back home, in and out of ER, no surgeon wants to take you behind another one. My primary sent me to a general surgeon, he didn't want any part of it and sent me to a radiologist to put drains back in to get fluid off me. My last call to Dr H was the day I got my drains out, he was ugly. The coordinator sent me a paper to sign stating the dr would have no fault or liability for my care coming back to Florida, including death. I was terrified, scared, honestly thought if I went back to FL I may not return.
I finally found a surgeon to take me, I was a complete botch job, huge openings on my scar. I went into surgery, the dr woke me up telling me your not crazy, we took a golf ball size out of you that contained a foreign object. I had some relief down low but continued with pain around my navel that has kept me from picking grandkids up, every day activities and cant walk far without alot of pain. I am self employed so no insurance, drained funds and a dr that abandoned me. I'm in the process now of having a second surgery 2 years later to see what in God's name is causing this. It was a bad day in the OR, sometimes I pray I make it through this and walk without pain. There is so much more to say but beware of this man.
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Leonard Hochstein, M
Leonard Hochstein, MD.