maggie l.

My issue happened in Kaiser Permanente in Stockton, CA.
I have a level 4 cystocele and was scheduled for surgery; at the same time a total hysterectomy due to uterine fibroids was going to be done. All preoperative testing was done, and the day prior for the surgeries the doctor asked me if I hurt, I said yes. Based on my response he said he won't do the procedure, and because he refused, then the other surgeon refused as well. They told me to live with it. I was charged 17k for testing for two surgeries that weren't done, and I have to live in constant pain and incontinence because of it. I trusted this doctors to do the right thing, yet they both gaslighted me playing my issues as not important and minimizing my health and well-being. Now I live completely depressed and isolated, as I hurt so much and find no solution.