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Dr Herbert Ruckle Loma Linda  Prostectomy failed    "cut off testicles"

Dr Herbert Ruckle

Loma Linda

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 Prostectomy failed   

"cut off testicles"

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The following statements show how Dr Herbert Ruckle lied to me multiple times since I had prostate cancer. I had many choices to choose from for a remedy. I could have gone with radiation or holistic but I chose robot prostectomy because It is designed so I would still have a full erection after recovery.

The first lie: 

Prior to my robot prostectomy back in June 4th, 2012,  Dr. Herbert Ruckle of Loma Linda Urology Department guaranteed me at consultation before surgery that if I had an erection before surgery, that I would have an erection six months to a year after surgery. 

I am suffering severe depression because of erectile dysfunction which is worsening everyday.

The second Lie:

He also promised me a copy of segments of the surgery video as well.

The  Morning after surgery his assistant told me they had the video for me. When I met with Dr. Ruckle in his office for surgery recovery, he told me he lost the video. 

Six moths after surgery, an umbilical hernia developed from where he pulled my prostate out, causing another surgeon Dr Peter Jamerson to install a mesh to hold my intestines in. 

Because of these lies, and the complications of the umbilical hernia, I became very suspicious, So at my last meeting with Dr Ruckle,  I recorded our conversation .Besides smirking and ignoring my comments about pain I was experiencing  when I would try to get an erection, At this time, as a solution to my problem, because his surgery failed,  he suggested that he cut off my testicles. "Then I wouldn't care, I could sleep,  I could eat and I would look at a pretty girl like a painting in a museum ."  No good doctor / Surgeon in his right mind would tell his patient who has severe erectile dysfunction, to cut off his testicles.

With his lies and telling me to cut off my testicles is sadistic and despicable. Every one should know about this.


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