Hello to all,
My mother had a hysterectomy procedure done at the Northwick Park Hospital in London on 1 June 2007 under the care of Miss J. Pitkin.
Soon after the operation, she noticed that she could not lift her left foot off the bed. She also could not move her foot upwards when sitting on a chair and could not stand of walk. Sensation on the left thigh, leg and foot was not same as the right. She kept falling down in the hospitals and nurses and junior doctors kept saying that it was either sciatica or a compressed nerve, but it will go away on its own. But it cannot be sciatica, becuase she has never had it on the right leg, and she does not have any pain.
We asked on seeing Miss Pitkin or her registrar who could say what had caused this problem, but no matter how much we insisted, we saw neither of them.
Finally, she was discharged on 5 June, and at home she is a mess both physically and mentally, and so far there is no improvement.
Meanwhile, no specialist has come to see her, and although I put in an informal complaint, we still have not seen Miss Pitkin to get an explaination.
My mother has been the patient of Miss Pitkin, and she does not know what she looks like. She has never seen her, not prior to the operation and not after this problem.
I would be grateful for any information on this subject. What could have caused this, and how can it be treated, if at all it is treatable.