CS Woman endured chemo after terminal cancer diagnosis never had cancer

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veritas47
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13287209/Mother-aggressive-chemo-didnt-cancer.html
LOYAL AG
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Something is missing here. She says a year later she has medical bills they're paying off. Why? This is an obvious lawsuit and I'd tell the hospital and doctors to pound sand til that settles. The story is awful but surely she has recourse other than just paying for this.
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MsDoubleD81
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Wow. Was it a local hospital?
maroon barchetta
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MsDoubleD81 said:

Wow. Was it a local hospital?


It said she was sent to a cancer hospital. Sounded to me like she was diagnosed here and referred to a place like M.D. Anderson or one of the smaller cancer specialty hospitals.
MsDoubleD81
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Yes, but where was she diagnosed to begin with? Lots of failure all the way around. Doctors and hospitals get sued for much less. Hope this lady gets compensated.
AggiePhil
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Following...
doubledog
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Always get a 2nd or even 3rd opinion on the big C.
Another Doug
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LOYAL AG said:

Something is missing here. She says a year later she has medical bills they're paying off. Why? This is an obvious lawsuit and I'd tell the hospital and doctors to pound sand til that settles. The story is awful but surely she has recourse other than just paying for this.
Odd that the first people reporting this is a UK tabloid a year after the fact, so not great reporting thus far. Maybe someone local can investigate. That being said, I could see this happening as stated.

1. Lab or practice messes up
2. because of the dire timeline you want to start treatment immediately and don't care about maxing out of pocket (assuming she had insurance through A&M)
3. Later tests reveals mess up and no one wants to take blame
4. Your insurance doesn't care much about getting your money back

But I agree, if they are sending bills, I would file them directly in the trash.
2wealfth Man
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Help me here. Cancer patients routinely get regular scans to determine how the course of their treatment is impacting the tumors.
Orlando Ayala Cant Read
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2wealfth Man said:

Help me here. Cancer patients routinely get regular scans to determine how the course of their treatment is impacting the tumors.


As someone with a deep history of family cancer this is totally true. Very odd.
maroon barchetta
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2wealfth Man said:

Help me here. Cancer patients routinely get regular scans to determine how the course of their treatment is impacting the tumors.


The article made me think she wasn't all the way through her first course of treatment when they found out she never had cancer.

She wouldn't have been due for a scan yet in that case.
KidDoc
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The pathologist who made the error originally should be sued and his insurance will pay for the bills, lost work, and emotional trauma. Pretty clear cut medical error. The treating physician should also have some liability for not addressing the amended path report for a whole month.

(I'm a doc not a lawyer so may be wrong).
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phillytex24
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Why hasn't KBTX reported this story? Why does it take a tabloid from the UK to break it?
FlyRod
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phillytex24 said:

Why hasn't KBTX reported this story? Why does it take a tabloid from the UK to break it?


Maybe because the tabloid in question isn't the most reliable, or reputable media source? And the word "tabloid" seems relevant here.
Another Doug
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Yeah not like The Mirror has a CS office. Lady or unknown news outlet posted story online, and the headline trended well so tabloids ran with it. It being in tabloid doesn't automatically make it not true, just means it hasn't really been reported on yet.
w8liftr
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https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/lifestyle/mom-given-months-to-live-endures-aggressive-chemo-but-never-had-cancer-at-all/
histag10
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This is so sketchy. A few tabloids have picked up the story word for word from The Mirror. If you look her up, she works for the university but has almost removed everything from social media. You can barely find anything on her husband either, who owns a tow company.

Like, how does KBTX not follow up on this or interview them?
tu ag
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There is probably a lawsuit in the works or already filed. Lawyer probably told them to scrub social media.
histag10
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Maybe, but then why not take your story to a reputable news source? Or even local news. Why go to an overseas tabloid?
Another Doug
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histag10 said:

Maybe, but then why not take your story to a reputable news source? Or even local news. Why go to an overseas tabloid?
It could be she didn't go to the tabloid , the story was based on an unlisted youtube video. I imagine if there was some civil litigation they might not be talking. Or if there is not a clear entity to blame, it could be tricky to name names without repercussions.
histag10
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Hmm. Maybe. I didn't see anything about a YouTube video. If that's the case it also seems like irresponsible journalism (which isnt surprising for tabloids)
tu ag
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KBTX only reports on issues after posted here.
Give them a few days.
woodometer
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I believe that the Daily Mail pays for stories and I believe that this originated on her facebook page. If you notice on all of the photos they show copyright Kennedy News/Lisa Monk. Kennedy News is a story service that solicits stories to the outlets in the UK.
BCS-Ag
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It was covered on WTAW yesterday, mentioned the go fund me but otherwise sounded like an incomplete story (no lawyer or hospitals mentioned). Now reading this thread it sounds even more sketchy. If this truly is real I feel for her, but they need some legal an PR help stat.
woodiewood
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To me, any diagnosis of cancer or any other serious medical issue should be followed up with a second opinion from a third party. I have a friend who was told she had two skin cancer spot on her face due to long sun-exposure and the treatment was to cut them out. She went to Houston and had another biopsy of the two spots and there was no cancer.

EBrazosAg
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Something just doesn't add up here ….. this approach to the issue doesn't make sense for the patient……

College Station resident misdiagnosed with cancer shares experience and its effect on her family https://www.kbtx.com/2024/04/15/college-station-resident-misdiagnosed-with-cancer-shares-experience-its-effect-her-family/
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Aggie@state.gov
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good news - they are running a story tonite
tu ag
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Hornbeck
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I saw where a bunch of the local news media got awards for journalism.

Where's the award for TexAgs?!?!
MsDoubleD81
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Thank God for the nurse practioner.
KidDoc
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Honestly I think the 2nd pathologist is a bit liable as well. When they amended the report and declared it non cancerous he should have contacted the treating team and let them know.
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trouble
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Exactly. I don't see how they, in good faith, added it to the medical record but didn't pick up the phone.
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