This is going to sound incredibly insensitive and pedantic but unless I'm missing something around here you are not getting your norco from DB!

That said, I'm very sorry to hear about what you are going through post-op. Wow what a drag. The possibility that your surgery could result in chronic pain should certainly have been make clear to you. It's very difficult to know the right questions to ask to make informed decisions in situations like this. I was scheduled last year for surgery to remove the excess tissue in my eshophagus that apparently causes my snoring and sleep apnea, which makes it almost impossible to get a good nights sleep. I thought i had asked all the right questions as regards the risks of this surgery, when almost as an afterthought the surgeon let it slip that 10 percent of those undergoing this procedure permanently lose the abillity to speak! Those odds aren't good enough for me. (I have a scary hernia operation story but I'll post it someplace else).

Sorry I can't advise on wether you can sue your doc. Wether or not he is incompetent, it sure sounds like he could take lessons in communication skills.

Good luck wth everything...