My Boyfriend Was Misdiagnosed With Cancer
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2018
- Loryn's boyfriend, Jake, wakes up one day with a massive lump on his neck. They visit multiple doctors who all give the couple bad news.
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$15,000 later... it's mono
its seems like 40,000 to me
Yeah like I feel like it’s kind and all to not sue but how the hell are they going to pay all those bills??
@@bubbles6631 cases like this where its physician error, i think the hospital covers the bill.
Well I live in Canada so yeah hehe
@@mangpobelmont-chaiyasungvo7039 - Doubtful, they'll still try to make you pay.
When a gynecologist knows more just hearing over the phone than doctors making actual incisions. The hell
For some reason i think that the doctors just panicked after hearing that the type of cancer was in the family.
TypicalGunter hahaha Im not sure what you mean but it's ok I love you too!
EmmaCG OBGYN
Carsyn Camp i didnt know about this diseases. Can a doctor tell them apart without doing an invasive surgery?
Maybe if you knew a thing or two you realize this wasn't a bad diagnosis at all and actually made a good amount of sense. Do you seriously think that false positives are just some unavoidable kind of problem?
No one:
School Nurse: Slap some ice on it
TRUE AHAHA
"Put some Vicks on it. It's just a mosquito bite." 🤷🤷🤷
I had broke my pinkey finger once, you could tell it was broken and they put ice on it and sent me back to class... the next day I went into the nurse office and said "the ice didn't heal my broken finger" and I said broken finger so loud the principal came in and had to speak to me about it all
I went about an earache once and the nurse gave me Rennies........
Chloe Zhang drink water
SHE SAID MONO AND THEY IGNORED HER WTF
Sammy And 74V4G37 yes the doctors ignored someone who is NOT a doctor? why is that shocking?
mentallyabsent it should’ve been tested as a potential option anyways
WOMEN ARE ALWAYS RIGHT ✨
she never thought to find where the virus came from? It is known as kissing disease for a reason. Could be other reason but still to consider
winw 454 It’s not an std lmfao
Someone out there was eating vanilla pudding while watching this. I'm sorry you had to go through that...
how did u know..
@@riooo8072 lol
Am eating vanilla yogurt
Was it you😂?
Thanks, I'm gonna stop watching now!
"Hey remember when when I had mono and the doctors thought it was cancer? Good times man"
THAT'S why you lost your nose!
SoftijsjeXD omg you made my freaking day
Ya need a lift to that ear, *nose* and throat specialist?
1:12
i actually do remember that, oh the good old days...
“I cried into my enchiladas”
I’m sorry, that was hilarious, not at the time but after they realized it wasn’t cancer😂😂
Ciana 236 enchiladas more like cc
True ahaha
I had a mosquito bite, it stared swelling up, so I called my doctor. I asked him if it was mono. It not mono. It was just a mosquito bite.
In the Philippines my cousin got bitten by mosquitoes and they turned into blisters. Unfortunately I was sleeping while my uncle was popping it haha.
@@fvn55yearsago57 Reeeee, you shouldn't pop blisters. It could get infected. That liquid inside blisters is healing the wound.
Big salute to this lady... She didn't leave him at that situation..
y would she....
Common decency.
Jaime Michelle you’d be surprised how many people would
TRUE LOVE
**i cried into my enchiladas**
Conner S omg i was reading this comment when i heard it LOL
Conner S I THOUGHT YOU SAID CHINCHILLAS AND I ALMOST CRIED
Hahahah
I don't even know why she is joking about such a crucial moment in her life.
Kaite 0.0 idk either
Nope, y'all should've SUED. All the money dude spent, the emotional distress, the misdiagnosis, the unnecessary procedures they did, AND the fact that they didn't listen to her when she asked about the mono? Bruh . . . SUE. THEM. Seriously.
SN: Stop sharing utensils, glasses, and spit overall with randoms. That's how you get mono.
We have a neighbor who's mother was misdiagnosed with cancer. She died from the radiation during chemo. Not from cancer. Unfortanetly this happens more often then you think. They should have tested for mono, but cancer is an unpredictable and terrible disease. We still don't know enough.
"Shhhh"
"The men are talking"
*TRIGGERED*
That hospital sounds unprofessional
Munirah Mujahid well I mean it probably was
Well... All doctors no matter how professional make mistakes...
Harris Choudary, but they cut open his neck and only gave him local anesthesia, so he was awake the whole time and they done it in the admitted room instead of an actual operating table. very unproffesional
I'm so glad he was okay. But, I think I would have sued for the cost of medical bills if it was high. I ain't got thousands of dollars to spend on their mistake.
Totally agree.
Her dad is a gynecologist, so it sounds like it wasn’t a huge problem for them
insurance
Insurance isn't like that in the US
how does it work?
I’d sue the heck out of them.
thats what i was thinking! who is going to pay all those bills
Literally they weren't saving him, they were hurting him. I truly hope he at least sues for the relief of the medical bills after all thst mess
@Speaking Truth first I just wanna say I'm not here to fight, but they also didn't get a specialist's/2nd opinion(or at least I missed it if she said they did). I was diagnosed with leukemia and trust me they double check and if they still think you have cancer, they check EVERYTHING. All of your body counts(platelets, blood cell count, etc). I know it's a different type of cancer, but they really do make SURE you have cancer if they think you have cancer. They usually do the least evasive thing first. In my case, it was getting my platelets up because they were dangerously low, almost non-existent anymore.
P.S: I know your comment is a few months old, but just wanted to put this out there.
@Speaking Truth Okay, I can see your point. I agree that they were probably following their own protocol during this time as protocols tend to differ from doctor to doctor.
I do, however, still wonder why they didn't think to test for Mono (just in case) during that whole month they kept pushing back chemo and trying to find the one cell that would confirm that he had Hodgkin's.
Even more so given the fact that they thought it was deadly and advancing VERY quickly. You know, on the off chance that maybe it really, hopefully, was Mono since they (apparently) share similar symptoms.
In this particular case, I feel like completely ruling out mono caused more harm than it did good. They were trying to save him and did what they thought was right at the time so I'm not saying sue them like other comments say, but maybe at least contest the bill for the treatment of non-existent Hodgkin's.
P.S: Sorry I basically wrote a book in reply to you.
@Speaking Truth In Canada they ALWAYS do least invasive to most invasive. In this case all they needed was blood work, and honestly that would have shown the Mono AND the cancer, but bloodworks a lot cheaper than digging in a man's neck, and they gotta pull a profit somehow. Gross.
"After you see the inside of someone's neck that many times, its custom to get married" 😃😂
its also custom to watch the video til the end and the comment on it instead of commenting a thousand times
how many times ru gonna comment...
Stop being thirsty for likes
Why do u guys care that they are commenting a lot? Lol, it's not like you're getting hurt 😂
*engaged
This lady is so strong but also hilarious!
Destiny Ikr
Lol true 😂😂😂
Destiny ur hot
Destiny > Destiny 2
When she starts talking about the anesthesia wearing off i just went ''NOPE'' and stopped the video.
As an ICU nurse, I can tell y’all are two very educated and reasonable people. We hear so often “we are going to sue” or “I’ve gotten doctors fired before” from family members when we are fighting so hard to save their loved ones... it hurts, not going to lie. Thank you for adding that response at the end, and I’m glad he is feeling better!!
My dad was misdiagnosed. After a year of telling the doctors there was something wrong they kept insisting it was nothing. Until he ended up at the hospital on New year's. They were like "oh yeah it's cancer"
They said he had 6 months. He ended up having two weeks.
Thestarsaregolden Oh Im so sorry for you
Thestarsaregolden l am so sorry
There was a similar situation with my cousins sister-in-law 2 years of refused pap smear because she was "too young for cervical cancer, it'll be a bad uti" and she died 11 weeks after she turned 25 (which is the qualifying age for pap smear in the uk) after finally getting her smear done 3 months before and diagnosed the week before Christmas. They recently won the lawsuit they filed against her doctor to pay for her 2 son's care and education until 18
Thestarsaregolden sue those bitches
I’m so sorry for you loss 💖
I like how her dad diagnosed him on the spot but they were told it was lymphoma.She told them it may have been mono but then told no and was ignored.After all of that her father was correct
Ourworld Hope I mean it was a rough diagnosis, but yeah go dr.dad!
WHy you gotta have a doctor in the family
Her father the Gynecologist. So I guess it is all the same thing haha
That's the entire video....
Lady:think it’s Mano
Doctor: no it’s cancer
MONTH OR TWO LATER
Doctor: it’s Mano
Lady: I said that wtf
The Avocado queen mono *
The Avocado no her dad said that
@The Avocado what's up man
fifaplayer1000 But she said it to the doctor, not the dad
Mono*
Sounds like her father was right and Jake suffered at the hands of unprofessional professionals.
Well... that’s pretty fucked up.
Oh I like your vids ❤️
Stormi Cash thanks💕
DailyVlogs agreed
Not really. The doctors did their jobs and were thorough. (Granted, they should have checked for mono earlier on. But with a family history of lymphoma and a fast-growing mass in the neck, a potential cancer diagnosis takes priority.)
" he's a doctor... he's a gynecologist but whatever it's all the same" lol
Rose Rose? Definitely not the same.
... A gynaecologist is a doctor.
A gynecologist is a "girl doctor" I'm sorry just trying to keep it clean
yeah
Well her dad was right
“when you feel so close to losing someone you love, you just dont want to waste anytime getting your life started.”
that rly made me think about my girlfriend. shes struggled with mental illnesses and physical health. we’ve been together for almost 6 months and i love her to death.
"I cried into my enchiladas" ME TOO
Lymphoma can cause a false positive mono test and at the rate his neck was growing I don’t think they were in the wrong to assume it could be cancerous.
Are u a scientist 👨🔬??
Now it is
Were in the wrong?
That’s enough stress to start a cancer 😩
CryptoQueen no, for you it is id love to have a disease. sadly it would take a while for da death
Kyrlics so edgy
CryptoQueen RIGHT! 😂
Kyrlics Please don't say things like that. I know it's cool right now to be depressed or whatever but you don't know what some people are going through
Sooo trueeee
"It's not mono"
A while later: *It's mono*
*Oh how the turns have tabled*
BOI
this is buzz feeds version of "Storytime" 😂😂😂
That’s everything from buzzfeed
so i was just like “nope”
I would have sued them... they almost let him bleed to death and then gave him a massive infection.... that's so not okay...
I agree... This was handled very poorly by nearly all of the doctors in question here.
They didn’t let him bleed to death that’s practically impossible if it’s on the surface of the patients body and there’s surgeons they have blood thickeners and plenty of other ways to stop it and they had a huge amount of reason to believe it was cancer
Bush squad captain a simple frikkin bloodtest would have told them otherwise THAT is why it's not ok.
They try they're best so that is so wronh
Lindsay Sorensen I would've sued as well.
I believe the doctors had the best intentions but listening to patients n family members is something we can do more of. While I was in med school I went through almost exactly the same thing as them with my mom. She was misdiagnosed with lymphoma and had an extremely invasive and risky surgery for a large biopsy very close to the heart and great vessels. Meanwhile, I repeatedly ask if they would consider sarcoidosis, a disease with very similar picture to what she had but usually occurs in younger patients. And saying to exclude sarcoidosis then a minimally invasive biopsy is enough. They look at me with pitty as the naive med student who just read a page in a reference and is in denial of her mother's illness. Long story short it was sarcoidosis which meant a year of steroids and she was better immediately. She still had a huge scar in her chest back/side and we are eternally grateful for her health.
drnostalgia1, why are you writing so much, no one will read this, no one will care, stop wasting your time
@@adashdhakal3234 dont be so rude i thought it was interesting
Thanks for sharing your experience
My mom has non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She was diagnosed 6 months ago and I still cry about it almost everyday.
"It was like liquid vanilla pudding"
I COULD JUST IMAGINE. I'M TOTALLY DISGUSTED, AND SATISFIED AT THE SAME TIME LMAO
DragonKnightz same
DragonKnightz I was eating it when she said that. I'm not kidding. I guess that's what happens when you get sick and can't even eat a normal dinner... 😑😳
I got MAD respect for her. One she didn't leave him AND two she was calm and cared about him.❤💗
Doctors=shh men are talking
Later the video:it’s FREAKING MONO
LIQUID VANILLA PUDDING 5:02
No. I meant to put it at 5:02 because I people needed to know what she was describing as liquid vanilla pudding. Grammar nazi. Anyways, I posted this a month ago. wth
Daniel you should of said 5:02-5:10
Tatym Gettling it was 5:12 dude!
That’s nasty...
yo doctors SHE WAS RIGHT
TheLittle Clips hey lassie stop commenting so much
SHOOKETH
uhm no, her dad was right who was .... wait for it..... a doctor
Why are you commenting so much? watch the WHOLE video before commenting.
Marie Pecher I doubt he's treated mono in vaginas dude...
he would have just figured that one from what he knows from his own life experiences and self taught knowledge.
"I cried into my enchiladas" 😂👌
I think your crying in enchiladas too
Hospital: Let’s do surgery and check what’s happening.
School nurse: Just put some ice on it.
*i cried into my enchiladas*
can I ask how?...
Tamara ꕥ
Its a quote from the video....
Stolen
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Those enchiladas must be crying too
When I had mono, I presented in a similar way as Jake. The lump wasn’t as big as his but it was very noticeable. My doctors thought it was the measles. They didn’t even do a blood test to make sure.
I’m glad that he didn’t have cancer and I hope his mom is still cancer free.
Gigi yeah that happened to my dad and they thought it was measles😂
I'm sorry, English Isn't my native language, so I'm asking myself the whole video... what is mono? 😅
Could you maybe explain it to me? :)
Firefly im curious too
jasxx Its coined as "kissing disease". Common among teens and young adults. Passed through saliva.
Firefly Its passed through saliva and common in teens and young adults . Google it
I love her positive response to the doctor’s mistake!
What a beautiful person inside and out.
When my lymph node swelled up, they sent me to an ENT Dr right away and then they removed the whole thing to test it (I was on Biologics that cause lymphoma) turns out I had an infection from my cat. Now I have a fun scar. I was awake for my surgery and talking to the Dr the whole time.
Wow thats crazy. Can you describe in more detail what infection you got from you cat? How did that happen?
Med student here, probably an infection by bartonella henselae, also known as the cat scratch disease. It causes your lymph nods to swell up
Oh my god I had the exact same disease and it was HORRIBLE. It took quite a few tests until they diagnosed me, though my doctors where pretty good and I went to a private hospital. And yes, I still love my cat lol
sakanade12 Oh ok; thanks for explaining!
ella tyler So your cat gave you one bad scratch or bite and you developed that?
Moral of the stories, don’t panic and check properly. I mean the doctors 😄
rewer yess people shouldnt pust so much trust in them
DOnT *PANIC AT THE DISCO*
Try and be a doctor for a day, you have absolutely no idea how much stress and pressure they go through everyday. Its not like there is a proper way to check to get a 100% correct diagnosis.
Foxxyman they saw like 10 doctors though....
Think i’d rather have them check for the worst and it be wrong than assume it’s benign and it get worse
this woman is so precious omg
such a beautiful heart they both have
“It was like, liquid vanilla pudding”
What a great way to describe it.
My mom had stage 4 colorectal cancer and a lot of mistakes were made. My dad is lawyer and he said you do not sue the people who are trying to save your life.
L8IRUSI
I trust her dad whose a actual doctor more than that statement xD
One mistake could kill you.
My Dad’s heart surgeon told him to sue and he would testify, the machine malfunctioned during the surgery. Their final court hearing is Tuesday.
The only real reasons I could think of to sue a doctor is if they were malpracticeing on you, or if you were bleeding to death and they see you and are like whatever lol and I mean if that's the only doctor around, not when there are already other doctors helping you and they have other paitents that need help
I’ve worked in the medical field and I went to college for premed as well as technical college for my certifications and I can promise you that there are far too many doctors whose goal is not to save lives but to make money. there are way too many doctors who don’t genuinely care for each of their patients and I’ve seen it first hand. patients who have insane blood work that shows there’s something wrong, people with really weird test results and doctors completely dismissing it because it’s not important to them to make sure their patients are okay. doctors like that shouldn’t be allowed to continue with no repercussions just because they’re doing the bare minimum of their job and people who suffer because of these people who have no business being a doctor 100% deserve to sue.
This lady is strong and loyal🙏
Next time just demand that they check for mono.
She did.
B X she also said she kept getting ignored so? Nobody would feel confident in trying to argue with a professional in the topic. She should’ve just sued those guys smh
easier said than done when you're arguing with a professional who's supposed to know better and who's responsible for your loved ones life.
"NExt TiMe"
Bat Man hopefully there is no next time ;)
man I'm almost crying
Sara S. samee
M yoked sic https wood spots so 3j4 top is to Ida wen Kya 3j4 pie email to make your own way celebrating birthdays browned butter in my phone and I will be ay if u won't wall break get the charge of the earth we are going to Chipotle and then I will be at the doctors then we will pick you up at the doctors then we will pick up some of the earth
Un simplu Bec Man you're almost funny
Olen Olematta Ystäväsi he is.
killer dog yeah um no
I am so happy it was a miss diagnose and he’s alright. Wishing the best for you guys in life as a couple.
I’m amazed that you didn’t sue! That’s amazing I’m impressed that you actually remember why doctors exist! They just want to help ! Also thx for remembering doctors are humans too and they make mistakes like any other human being
Congrats props to you
I changed my comment so none of the replies make sense 👀
Stormi Cash a
Stormi Cash G
YES LMAO
Stormi Cash me everyday
Stormi Cash lol
Your boyfriend story is similar to my own. I went through the exact same things. My neck hurt really bad one day in high school in March 2016, my school nurse immediately told me that I need to go see an ENT. The ENT gave me medication to reduce the swelling in my neck and it went away for awhile. Right after my high school graduation and swelling came back and the doctor gave me more medication, but it didn’t really go away. So he decides to do a needle biopsy and took a sample. It came back as cancer and everything else escalated at that point we found out it was non-Hodgkin’s lymph Oma as well. And it was just a long road from there. Going through chemotherapy, attending college, and just trying to have a social life at the same time does very difficult. My boyfriend stuck through it with me that whole entire time since high school and we had only been dating about 4-5 months. But, I am happy to say that I am now cancer free as of April 2017. I am still recovering though.
I'm glad you are cancer free. 😀
LittleLibraryKoala marry him ❤️❤️❤️ he’s the one
Writes a two-page synopsis on something that can be summed up in a few words
“I cried into my enchiladas” 😂😂😂
This was adorable! I'm glad this didn't end as badly as it could've. When/If you guys have kids, you should tell this to them when the get older. It's a really cool story.
I saw the wedding ring on her hand and I knew it would be a positive result lol
Rachel Wang she also said husband at the beginning :)
I doubt she'd be this positive in the video if her boyfriend had died
They also titled the video "misdiagnosed" : ]
my mom got lymphoma in october and i feel like people truly don’t understand the pain a cancer patient goes through unless they’ve been by one’s side. god bless them and thank god he didn’t go through chemo wrongfully :))
yes!! the whole video i was so scared that they put him through chemo
When you think about it why u didn't sue that made me kinda feel happy bc u could tell they where trying❤
The end almost made me cry, I'm so happy for y'all!!!
*"I cried into my enchiladas"*
They misdiagnosed my little brother with juvenile arthritis, then mono.
Turns out he had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. I was soooo mad. I'm still bitter to this day it's been two years, my brother is okay, but I just want to know what the hell runs through doctors minds.
Em56 as someone who recently got misdiagnosed, as well, they try to minimize your pain as much as possible. If the person is anywhere near teen years, they turn it to psych. Misdiagnosis is EXTREMELY common, especially for cancers
Tasha Knight how do doctors get paid little though?
Dania Akheel in some countries, like the UK, junior doctors have very little pay considering the hours they do
ridiculous debt from medical school
My brother was misdiagnosed with Strep and mono multiple times.
He had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and died 9 months after diagnosis.
she's so precious *aww*
The first doctor could’ve ordered lab work including a test for mono right from the start 🤦🏽♀️
You said a perfect phrase: when you go through something like this together, you don’t want to waste any minute to get your life started”. I feel the same way. Right now I battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma and I am very lucky to have the man I love by my side. We are planning our wedding in this August and I hope that by that time all the treatments will be finished and maybe I will have hair already :D
Edit: a Month and a half ago we celebrated our wedding. Unfortunately I’m still sick and have chemo every two weeks. Somehow this video again showed up on my recommended page and I watched it again. Started bawling immediately and now Just praying to get better and healthy.
Luka Antulytė, you're so strong. Legit, you're my Queen
Wow, how brave you are... Keep it up! Good luck 💕
"I cried into my enchiladas" im sorry but that just took me by surprise 😂😂😂
panda lover83 wtf 😂😂😂😂😂
“far deadlier... I cried into my enchilada” i’m sorry but i started laughing
I love how every time you showed a picture of your boyfriends mass there was just a simple band-Aid on it
I'm sorry but if you don't sue, I will. They didn't do it cause they cared, they did it cause they want to feel "professional" and actively disregarded your suggestion even without testing.
sharon obaisi no they did it to rule out a deadly disease called lymphoma which left untreated would've killed him. It had nothing to do with feeling "professional". Even if it was positive
For mono they needed to make sure he didn't have cancer. It is unprofessional to dismiss possibility of him having cancer and just stating it is mono. Especially when it runs in his family.
they had to rule out cancer because mono often presents WITH cancer. so if they didn't rule out cancer in this unusual presentation of mono and diagnosed him with JUST mono, they might miss cancer.
Shaay -d yah I know right like listen to people those doctors needs something hearing lessons
Well I mean its non of your concern what happens so keep your nose out
women always know whats up. Listen to the ladies.
Her DAD was the one who told her its MONO, smh listen to the MEN, they always know whats up
except for the men who cut into his neck and caused an infection that almost killed him.
Gender is literally irrelevant in this situation. No one is immune to mistakes
why is anyone making this about gender
Emerald Kelsi it's buzzfeed. all they are is SJWs.
Best story ever. You guys are a class act.
As soon as she said my neck hurts my neck started hurting omg
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma august of 2016. I had missed two of my surgeons calls waiting for the results after my biopsy. At the appointment for my results he said he was glad I had missed his calls because he had initially thought my mass was benign so he was trying to call with good news. Later after he had called me he was informed that it wasn't benign. So he was happy he didn't get my hopes up but also sad to have diagnosed me with lymphoma. I'm glad you and your husband didn't have to go through it. I'm still fighting !
Miranda Rivas You're so amazing
Stay strong queen
Just keep fighting!
Hope you are doing well. Keep strong xx
Awh:) Stay strong
THIS SHOULD BE MADE INTO A MOVIE
It would overall be a weak plot.
Serena Perez I agree
Yesssss
Duh
No one
School nurse: just put a band aid and ice on it
“ i cried into my enchiladas “ why did i laugh so hard 😂
did u just asume my disease?!
Roble Mohamed yes i did
had to screenshot
did you just disease my assume?!
Oh my god. I am SPEECHLESS.
No one:
Mom: it’s because of that dang phone
Poor dude.....glad he's ok😊
*I cried into my enchilada*
Paige Fournier ?
me
noodles and I you copied this from *Jasper* ?!
COPIED!
*im SHOCK*
TheLittle Clips why did you post so many comments?
also, it’s shook not shocked
It’s everything but shock ahahah
you’re what?
Shook?
Glad he was OK
This is so sweet! Sorta disturbing but sweet
My dad was falsely diagnosed with tongue cancer a few years ago
He went to many doctors and had many tests and pieces of his tongue cut off for testing and still no answers
Eventually he went to a doctor who noticed a broken tooth
Turns out this broken tooth was causing the irritation on his tongue
All he needed was for the tooth to be removed
After countless doctors appointments, pain , and money.
We were furious I was so terrified because I had no idea what would happen to my dad I had no knowledge of tongue cancer and to find out it was something so minuscule and all those doctors didn’t notice after checking his mouth countless times
It was so frustrating but the relief of knowing that my dad was okay diminished some of the anger towards the doctors who made mistakes
As I doctor I can only imagine what you and your boyfriend had gone through. The waiting, the uncertainy, it must be so hard for anyone who has to go through something like this or knows someone who goes through something like this. We doctors are only humans as well, we make mistake, but by god, we ALWAYS try to do out best. Sometimes we fail, yes, but many many many times we win and save someone‘s life. And there are those few moments, someone‘s life isn‘t in our hands anymore and there is nothing we can do. We feel the pressure of the person and their family in our backs, we hear horror stories of colleagues who where sued for basically nothing. I am so lucky to work in an European country where sueing a doctor is quite hard and the doctors always have the hospital’s security. Unless we really f* up, we are treated as humans.
Katylyn In some U.S.A. states you can't sue.As you have to waver your rights and signature. I know as I went though it.
Yeah this seems to happen fairly often I was also falsely diagnosed with lymphoma when I was 12 but honestly better safe than sorry the virus I had (still not sure what) may have killed me anyway if I wasn’t being closely monitored at that point
not all doctors always try to do their best. many are influenced by bureaucracy, greed, prejudice, etc. there's tons of studies showing that people of different races, classes, ability levels, etc. get worse care than others.
there are too many arrogant doctors who will not listen to anyone, they deserve to go to jail if they make a mistake
“I cried into my enchiladas”
I had a similar misdiagnosis when I was 19 years old when I had Mono and strep throat at the same time. It was the most frightening thing ever.
So many clear warning signs that they should have gone elsewhere. You cannot just say yes to everything a doctor says.
If they went else were they would have said it’s most likely cancer. the doctors never say it’s for sure they go of evidence and the huge amount of reason to believe that it was scanner she probably lied about that because they still tested for different things.
She cried into her enchiladas lol
The thing is this happened to many people including me but I had a different cancer and I have fully recovered after 6 years
Lstrinity14 Gaming congratulations on your recovery, you are so brave and so strong xx
Thank you for this important story
I’m glad there was a happy ending to this story but I still would of sued!!
Shalise M. On what grounds would you sue
hitokiriheero Based on my friend and her past experience with telling the hospital that she had one thing going on and them not listening and charging her insurance and risking her life to test her for this and that ..... I’ll just say this ..my friend too almost lost her life to a similar situation. My friend sued the hospital simply bc her lawyer was able to prove medical fraud and malpractice. In this couples case it wouldn’t of hurt let a medical malpractice lawyer determine whether there was a case here but as this young lady stated the couple wasn’t interested in pursuing a case. The couples reasoning was very understandable however I merely stated my opinion as thousands of other people have in the comment section.
Shalise M. I don't know about your friends case but in this case I don't see any fraud or negligence at all. In fact these doctors saved his moms life and what you want to do is sue the doctors so they don't even want to help patients in the future and more people who need treatment who can't get it. You just say sue without giving any reason.
hitokiriheero thanks for your opinion have a good day
I would’ve sued.
hi same I would have been like ummmmm you almost killed my boy friend!