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Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | This waiting is doing my head in,the hearing was supposed to be over yesterday.
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | As the saying goes....All good things come to those that wait.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 207 | Mmmmm like your style Cookey. Girl after my own heart. Right behind you honey. Should i go down this path with Rod's GP? Same smell.....different day??.....
Jeanna
Wife/Carer of Rod, 56, Dx 5/3/09, SCC Oropharnyx T4 N2, End Tx 28th 07/09, 7wks Rad, 3 Cisplatin, primary tonsil, 4cm Lymph right of neck, 1cm left, in jaw & soft palate & base of tongue. Peg 06/09. CT & PET scans 02/11 - NED. Dentures 20/09/11, PEG out 28/10/11.
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Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 580 | Cookey,
I'm sorry that this situation has ocurred and that a member of my profession has done wrong.
I have stated on many occasions that this sort of thing should not happen. Unfortunately it does. I hope he gets more than a slap on the wrist for this.
All the best.
Mike
Last edited by Dr. Mike; 09-05-2009 12:38 PM.
Dentist since 1995, 12 year Cancer Survivor, Father, Husband, Thankful to so many who supported me on my journey so far, and more than happy to comfort a friend.
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Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | Thanks Mike
he has served twelve months of supervised practise and he is categorised as impaired due to misconduct.this hearing is to debate his return to free and unsupervised practice.I wrote my statement just to reiterate the fact that i believe the lying miscreant should have been struck off and should never be free to practice dentistry again.
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 580 | Cookey,
If he did what you say he did and as well misdiagnosed an intraoral lesion he deserves every bit of the sentence you have described.
12 months of supervised practice seems a little lite to me.
Who am I though? It would not be appropriate for me to comment on the sanctions placed upon his practice.
All the best,
Mike
Dentist since 1995, 12 year Cancer Survivor, Father, Husband, Thankful to so many who supported me on my journey so far, and more than happy to comfort a friend.
Live, Laugh, Love & Learn.
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Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | Mike
Throughout the two years of the inital investigation started while rob was still alive,this man stated quite catagorically in writing that he saw no lesion on robs tongue when he saw him in October(4 weeks later he had a 5 cm secondary in his parotid gland)On the day of the trial,he withdrew this statement and changed his plea to guilty.Despite this absolute proof of his dishonesty,and the fact he altered his records by crossing out enteries he had made so they couldn't be read,he was given the benefit of the doubt regarding his failure to follow up Robs tongue lesion that he DID observe and record six months previously in May.The board decided his exemplory record,and testimonials by patients and colleagues meant they could overlook this mistake and it was fair for him to PRESUME the lesion was traumatic and caused by a broken denture and required no follow up,and this in no way contributed to wards robe death.
The statement in the summing up that i find totally unacceptable is that his admitted negligence in october would have no affect on the outcome of robs life as he was going to die anyway by then.HOW COULD THEY SAY SUCH A THING.At the time of his diagnosis even Robs surgeons gave him a 90% chance of a ten year survival,but this is the ignorant attitude we all struggle against.Oral cancer means death!!!!thats crap and we both know that.The main point of my fight is that the dentists failure to follow up robs lesion in May WAS a major contributing factor in his death.Six months is a long time for a cancer to grow ,but the committee put absolutely no weight behind "early detection saves live"
Its like beating your head against a brick wall and this argument is wearing me down and out.How can professional people be so blinkered?
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 681 | Liz,
I am so sorry that this could not have been persued in a court of law. You are to be commended for your persistant public statements. Keep up the fight.
Malka
SCC stage II Partial mandibulectomy w. neck dissection- July 2005. Renal cancer w. partial nephrectomy-Jan 2004. Breast cancer discovered in routine mammogram. Successful lumpectomy, sentinal nodes clear, RT only-2008 Reconstruction of mandible w fibula free flap-Jan 09. TORS removal of begnin pappiloma from esophagus-2010. Masectomy,rt breast 2013.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I want Liz in my corner. I love a great fighter that doesn't know the word QUIT. Get em Liz.
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | My cancer was noted as periodontal disease and ignored for 8 months, through TWO more appointments. Because of this, I lost more tissue, of course, than I would have and am having difficulty getting an obturator appliance to function satisfactorily. So far, I do not have metastasis, but if I discover some metastasis, it will be because my dentist allowed my cancer to grow for 8 months without interruption!! I considered taking him to court, but I was too busy focusing on recovering. By the time it was clear to me that he had been guilty of "failure to diagose" my cancer, the one-year statute of limitations for filing had expired.
So....a word to the wise: If you even remotely think you want to file suit, at least file the suit before one year. You do not have to pursue it if you change your mind, but get it on the books so that you have the option.
Liz, we're proud of you!!! XO
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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