Woman Awakens From Surgery to Find Panty-Line Tattoo

Fox News ^ | 07.16.2008 | Fox News

[Coffee200am]

A New Jersey woman has sued her orthopedic surgeon after awakening from surgery to find a temporary tattoo below her panty line.

Elizabeth Mateo, of Camden County, N.J., filed her lawsuit Tuesday saying she found "a temporary tattoo of a red rose" below her panty line the morning after her surgery for a herniated disc, her attorney, Gregg A. Shivers, told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

"She was extremely emotionally upset by it," Shivers told the paper.

[thefactor]

it’ll wear off. what’s she so upset about?

[WakeUpAndVote]

There’s more going on here folks.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Oh the horror, she should sue for a brazillion dollars!

[TheWasteLand]

Makes you wonder what else doctors do to you when you’re out, doesn’t it?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Beats a Kilroy tattoo.

[Kimmers]

This is really is a dumb thing for the orthopeadist to do but the key phrase is “temporary tattoo”.......take a bath and get over it

[SJSAMPLE]

If she knew all the bad things and insane medical errors that can happen in surgery, she’d look at the rose and think she got lucky.

[DJ MacWoW]

He draws a rose with washable marker and she sues? LOL

[Lx]

Was the anesthesiologist Dr. Miofsky for those of us in Sacramento?
He was quite the sick Dr. but several nurses went down with him too.

[jalisco555]

No harm no foul. She’s trolling for dollars, methinks.

[Orange1998]

What would you do if he tattoo.... Change=Obama

[liege]

Oh the horror, she should sue for a brazillion dollars!

They can sure afford it. They have lots of oil.

[TexasCajun]

[absolootezer0]

pings to those that may be interested..

i’d be made that it was temporary, not permanant.

[ImpBill]

Makes you wonder how her back is? /sarc

This lady needs to get a life.

But, alas, so do way too many Americans looking for the quick buck from an Ambulance Chasing Lawyer!

[gridlock]

This woman should put on her big girl panties and get a life!

[colorado tanker]

Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University who was read a summary of the lawsuit, speculated about why a surgeon who had performed an operation on the back would leave a red rose on his patient's belly.

Maybe because if he put it on her back she couldn't see it? Deep psychology there, Doc.

I'd give her $1 and a wet washcloth to wipe it off.

[Nonstatist]

Not cool.

[rodeo-mamma]

The woman needs to get a sense of humor! She is probably some uptight Democrat with a lawyer on retainer. The Doctor fixed her what more does she want? His ass?

[DJ MacWoW]

If you’d read the article you’d know that he wouldn’t have done that. The article said “ the doctor has left washable marks on patients before to improve their spirits as they heal”. Don’t try to make this something that it’s not.

[theDentist]

"... and when I woke up my shirt was untucked."

[jellybean]

[gridlock]

Did you hear what President Bush said when he was told that four Brazilian soldiers with the MNF were killed in Afghanistan?

He said “That’s terrible! A brazillion is more than a million, right?”

[donna]

That is so creepy.

[DakotaGator]

For a physician/surgeon to do something to a patient’s body which is not medically required is just plain wrong.

For the patient to sue over this drawing is just plain stupid.

A good butt-chewing by the medical board is appropriate.

[Bernard Marx]

A washable "tattoo?" Poor baby. She should talk to this woman. It really happened, I lived there at the time.

In 1988 a jury in San Luis Obispo, Calif., awarded $6 million damages to a woman whose jealous ex-husband, a gynecologist, sewed her vagina shut while she was undergoing a hysterectomy performed by another doctor (one of his buddies).

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

I think it’s creepy. He’s got no business doing anything to her that isn’t a necessary element of the surgery.

[HamiltonJay]

Why not, some other woman sued because the doctor burned something like his alma mata letters into her uterus or something in the surgery to remove it.

The surgery requires you mark the organ so you know your orientation etc... so he apparently had taken to making his college’s letters or something. She found out and sued him for it. Even though there was nothing unethical, immorral or dangerous about it.

I never did hear how that case turned out, but I bet that woman got some sort of payout.. probably from the guys insurnace, never letting it go to trial.

[I see my hands]

Lots of posts disparaging the woman as overreactive.

Who here upon awakening at an Embassy Suites hotel and finding the manager did something similar while you were asleep would leave a tip for the chamber maid and just drive off?

I know, it's 100% different and a stupid comparison and besides, I'm stupid.

[Orange1998]

you sure are crusty. It was a joke.

[WayneS]

Good one!!!

[TornadoAlley3]

“to make her feel better”....give me a few more extra refills on my pains meds doc, then I will feel better.

[donna]

A good butt-chewing by the medical board is appropriate.

Like that would happen. Half the medical board is posting on this thread, LOL.

[Ben Reyes]

Modern-day branding.

[tx_eggman]

That’s terrible! A brazillion is more than a million, right?

Welcome to 2006

[Gondring]

Makes you wonder what else doctors do to you when you’re out, doesn’t it?

I have a physician friend who was not getting surgery that would have been very beneficial, and I couldn't understand why she put it off.

When I asked, she told me, "Remember, I went to med school...I know what goes on..."

[gridlock]

I would bet you dollars to donuts this woman’s husband is a lawyer, or she’s a lawyer herself.

[DJ MacWoW]

Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University who was read a summary of the lawsuit, speculated about why a surgeon who had performed an operation on the back would leave a red rose on his patient's belly.

Actually they sometimes use the front instead of the back. So the Psychologist was a little clueless.

WHY GO THROUGH MY FRONT (ANTERIOR APPROACH) TO GET TO MY BACK?

[1Old Pro]

That is so creepy.

Yep, WAY out of line, she will win her lawsuit as this is not acceptable behavior from a medical professional. Probably settle for $100,000

[LanPB01]

Seriously, who HASN’T been violated by a dentist and their assistant?

[DJ MacWoW]

I apologise for misunderstanding. Truly.

[Mamzelle]

Not smart on the part of the doc, at all. Unprofessional.

That being said, award the woman a paper towel, and some warm water for her pain and suffering.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

After my spinal fusion surgery (removed herniated disk) I was too sore to notice anything. Plus the brace I had to wear to support my spine does not allow you to see your panty line.

[DakotaGator]

LOL!

[SECURE AMERICA]

Is this sturgeon some kind of a nut bag or what?
What was he thinking?
What did he expect would be the outcome of his actions?

[AngelesCrestHighway]

As long as he did’nt cross the tree-line to beaver valley...

[Atlas Sneezed]

Creepy, unprofessional, and violation of “boundaries.”

inexcusable, and should be stiffly disciplined.

Some people are emotionally fragile, unlike all the tough-guy Freepers here.

The moral equivalent of making dirty leering jokes while examining a lady with a speculum.

I can also tell you that if it had been my Mother, she would have been genuinely traumatized, and I would lead the fight to sue the doctor for all he was worth to set an example.

[Gondring]

“ the doctor has left washable marks on patients before to improve their spirits as they heal”

And most would take it that way...but he should also understand that a rose tattoo under the panty line might be disturbing to a lady.

Semper Ubi Sububi

[SECURE AMERICA]

(No harm no foul. She’s trolling for dollars, methinks.)
On what basis do you assume no harm?
Would YOU want some doctor or nurse writing on your body without your knowledge?