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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is problematic when doctors are not open to polite questioning and they aren't receptive when you inform them that they were in fact wrong. Sadly sometimes the only way they are forced to truly accept they are not God and were wrong is through a lawsuit. I wouldn't be surprised if many lawsuits could be prevented by a doctor simply checking his/her ego at the door and admitting he/she doesn't know and needs to refer.

My cousin is dead. Her cocky internal medicine doctor and self-important GI doctor told her she had anything from IBS to gluten sensitivity to she just needed a good shrink and it was in her head. She dealt with endless rude speeches, ego meltdowns and  belittling. She got fired from doctors or had to leave doctors and was desperate to find some one who could get over their ego and judgment and listen. Then she ended up violently ill in the ER and she was diagnosed with late stage ovarian cancer. It was a pretty miserable death. I don't know her if her husband ended up deciding to sue to rudest doctor. he did let him and his superiors know the mistake and there was no response. No remorse. No gratitude for the update so they are more attuned with the next patient.

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I am so, so sorry.

My sister was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the ER after a year of severe illness and pain, she wasn't dismissed or belittled but besides the pain she was losing weight rapidly (70 pounds in 7 months, she had been about 50 lb overweight) there was a lack of urgency and a feeling that her referrals amounted to chasing random rabbits (for awhile they were very interested in a spot on her bladder which turned out to be  benign cyst, but taking time to set up biopsy for that took weeks and really didn't seem linked to her symptoms--which originally were due to suspected gall bladder disease yet did not resolve after gall bladder surgery; they should have kept looking at that region of her anatomy).  The ER visit was because she couldn't take the pain anymore after 7 months, and it was the ER doc who was put in the position of giving her the awful news of a mass in her pancreas. It took a biopsy to confirm but he knew what he was looking at. [/quote]

Very similar situation with my mom. Pain for years, no diagnosis. Lots of doctor visits. Finally decided it was her gall bladder. Pain did not subside after gall bladder removed. Finally had a scan that showed a tumors in pancreas and liver. Cancer. The cancer metastasized and it's too late. Years went by of complaints which we now know are very common pancreatic cancer symptoms. Nobody took her seriously or really tried to find the answers. She's screwed.[/quote]

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