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Anyone can sue, not everyone may win. In order to obtain money from a dog bite claim, one must prove not only that they were bitten but that they were "damaged" by the bite. From the description of the "injuries," it doesn't seem you have much to worry about. If you do not have insurance, however, you may have to hire your own attorney, which may give you pause because of the expense. Don't be so worried about hiring an attorney that you get someone else to work for you.

Unfortunately, your mistreatment does really not arise to the level of Medical malpractice, in my opinion, from what you have conveyed here. Medical malpractice is an often misunderstood tort. To be convicted of medical malpractice a person must suffer substantial harm and the level of care must not meet the standard level of care for that procedure or malady. In other words, if the treatment protocols allow for a range of medications for pain management and your doctor's prescribed medication is one of the management treatment protocols for that particular surgery, it is not negligence or mal practice to proscribe you medication that is inadequate to completely manage your pain, if it is within the proscribed protocol for that treatment. Similarly, if a set of conditions suggests a particular diagnosis and the actual diagnosis is not proper, again it does not rise to the level of negligence or medical mal practice to miss the diagnosis. Medicine, as good as it is, is still not an exact science and all doctors are not created equal. A doctor has to actually be deemed negligent to be subject to a successful claim. You could have a claim, but not from what I have read and certainly not a claim I would be interested in pursuing. Not only is a med mal case hard to prove, it is costly and difficult to bring as well. I urge you to consult with other attorneys if you feel that your doctor's actions were actual negligence.