"Surgery and Second Chances": Botched Surgery Leads to Lifelong Disability, But Paves A New Way For Ventura Woman

"Surgery and Second Chances": Botched Surgery Leads to Lifelong Disability, But Paves A New Way For Ventura Woman

VENTURA, Calif.—Cindy Flores says she’s come a long way from a botched surgery 13 years ago, but she still lives with chronic pain. “Every day that I wake up in the morning, I'm like Frankenstein. The pain is like it's a debilitating pain. I never know if I'm going to have a great day or not. I just have to get up and do it,” said Cindy, who now lives in Ventura. What started as a simple surgery to remove an ovarian cyst led to multiple complica…