[Amber]

is the doctor you saw in the office the one that did the surgery to place the colostomy? Have you had any sort of follow up with him since the surgery? IF he was the one that did the surgery, then he is legally obligated to take care of you afterwards, if he doesn’t it is called medical abandonment and it is totally illegal. He may not be forced to reverse the colostomy (but any general surgeon should be able to, they are all trained in bowel surgery), but he is obligated to care for you with any complications from the surgery. My adivce would be to try and get tied in with a not for profit hospital, a lot of times they can get you on a special type of insuranse that is through the hospital and the hospital will pick up the tab as long as it is done at their organization. They won’t be able to pay for what you already owe, but at least they may be able to help with the reversal.

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