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| Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 23 Member | OP Member Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 23 | Does anyone know of a pathologist that is sympathetic to our side? My misdiagnosis has left me with many complications. My statute of limitations runs out on April 30, 2016. I know this is an unusual post, but I don't know where else to turn.
Last edited by JPT68; 01-21-2016 09:33 PM.
4-2014 SCC BOT rt. 2 nodes 6-2014-8-2014 Baylor Sammons Dallas, 70 gy. Carboplatin Taxol Peg tube 5/2014-present biopsy(10/2014) mucoepidermoid carcinoma-not SCC. 11/10/2014 M.D. Anderson radical neck dissection hemiglossectomy flap rt. lower arm 1/2015 3xs-CDDP DOCATAXEL 2/2015 CT clear- ORN right jaw. 8/2015 CT. Lt. neck two nodes,right jaw ORN worsening. Biopsy- MEC. Surgery 9/28/2015 lt. neck dissection-remove nodes and chest flap resection. Rt. jaw dead bone removal. | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 66 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 66 | I think few people here actually interact or even know their pathologist that did the original or subsequent diagnosis. So this is perhaps the wrong crowd to ask this question of. You would think that any attorney that is taking on this case would have resources to find appropriate professionals to offer their opinions. Clearly errors are made far too often, and it is possible that like attorneys who do not like to sue other attorneys there is a reluctance for doctors to testify against other doctors. But if this is a case of gross negligence, then the attorney should be able to get someone to step forward. Having had more biopsies read than I care to count, I could not tell you who the pathologists were on any of them without asking for my records from my treatment facility. I'm sorry this is not helpful, but I just wanted you to consider why the number of replies to this might be very low.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. | | | | Joined: May 2016 Posts: 15 Member | Member Joined: May 2016 Posts: 15 | JPT68, I am thinking about contacting a lawyer also and would be interested in your situation. One of my doctors did multiple biopsies over the years, I was told they were benign so I didn't think anything of it until last year when I started having more problem. Last summer the doctor did send me the biopsy reports which indicated atypical cells and cancer could not be ruled out. The recommendation was complete excision, something that was never mentioned. Now that I have a tumor they pathologists have determined it is cancer.
Thanks for any info.
DMB SCC of right maxilla & nasal cavity, stage 4a, 3/10/2016 42 proton treatment completed 9/1/2016 Chemo - carbo, taxo, &Erbitux completed 09/27/17
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