Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 I work at a medical institution. We get sued all the time; patients hire private lawyers etc. What about malpractice ? I'm pretty sure you can look up doctors and their track records online somewhere....its public knowledge, I think. Does your doctor have any superiors? I go to a university hospital, so complaints can be filed through there. Sorry thats all I can think of!. Good luck! in Columbus,Ohio Dx w/pap. thyca. well-diff. 11/2000, 19 yrs. old Metastases to lungs TT w/pt. neck diss. w/30 cancerous lymph nodes removed on 11/13/2000 RAI's 3/2001, 9/2001, and 7/2002 Metastases to lungs GONE by 7/2002 3 cancerous tumors left in neck, 1/2003 Second surgery needed ASAP, 3/2003? > " > >Reply-To: Thyca >To: Thyca >Subject: misdiagnosed >Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:20:57 -0000 > > Hi, > It's (the " new member " entry from a few days ago). I'm >wondering if anyone has had any experience with being misdiagnosed, >or, more to the point, an endo not handling the situation effeciently. >In Feb. 2002 I went to an endo here in LA b/c I hadn't been able to >gain weight since the birth of my daughter in Dec. 2000. I'm 5'6 " >and weigh 95 lbs. Though in LA this is desirable, it has been >something I struggle with as I do not look healthy, in my opinion. >Anyway, the endo found, what he documented as a " 3 cm nodule " on my >thyroid. He took blood and chest x-ray and called me a few days >later to inform me that my levels were great and I was in very good >health, and needn't do anything. At that point, I assumed he made a >mistake thinking he had felt a lump or it was a cyst or something as >I didn't know anything about thyroid nodules. ANYWAY, 10 months >later I tried to upgrade my health insurance and was shocked when I >was denied b/c of " unresolved thyroid nodule " Outraged at Blue Cross, >I called the dcotor to get a letter for them ,and he started >backtracking, saying he must have " lost " the ultrasound report. I >told him I didn't have an ultrasound b/c he never recomended it. I >scheduled my own ultrasound and the rest is history. (TT 1/9/03, Pap. >w one lymph node affected, waiting to schedule RAI) I'm not sure what >recourse I have as I am angry that I didn't get the cancer out a year >ago, and that he dismissed a 3 cm. nodule. Has anyone had a similar >ecperience? Do I file a complaint or what else? I know this is a very >slow growing cancer, but it may have been years b/f I found it, and >it had already invaded one lymph node. I'd love any suggestions. > >Thanks! >-in LA >TT 1/9/03 PAp. w/one lymph node >Awaiting Hypo >Awaiting date for RAI > > >This e-mail support group is one of many free services of ThyCa: Thyroid >Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. <web site: www.thyca.org>. If you do >not wish to belong to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by >sending a blank e-mail to: >thyca-unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 I work at a medical institution. We get sued all the time; patients hire private lawyers etc. What about malpractice ? I'm pretty sure you can look up doctors and their track records online somewhere....its public knowledge, I think. Does your doctor have any superiors? I go to a university hospital, so complaints can be filed through there. Sorry thats all I can think of!. Good luck! in Columbus,Ohio Dx w/pap. thyca. well-diff. 11/2000, 19 yrs. old Metastases to lungs TT w/pt. neck diss. w/30 cancerous lymph nodes removed on 11/13/2000 RAI's 3/2001, 9/2001, and 7/2002 Metastases to lungs GONE by 7/2002 3 cancerous tumors left in neck, 1/2003 Second surgery needed ASAP, 3/2003? > " > >Reply-To: Thyca >To: Thyca >Subject: misdiagnosed >Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:20:57 -0000 > > Hi, > It's (the " new member " entry from a few days ago). I'm >wondering if anyone has had any experience with being misdiagnosed, >or, more to the point, an endo not handling the situation effeciently. >In Feb. 2002 I went to an endo here in LA b/c I hadn't been able to >gain weight since the birth of my daughter in Dec. 2000. I'm 5'6 " >and weigh 95 lbs. Though in LA this is desirable, it has been >something I struggle with as I do not look healthy, in my opinion. >Anyway, the endo found, what he documented as a " 3 cm nodule " on my >thyroid. He took blood and chest x-ray and called me a few days >later to inform me that my levels were great and I was in very good >health, and needn't do anything. At that point, I assumed he made a >mistake thinking he had felt a lump or it was a cyst or something as >I didn't know anything about thyroid nodules. ANYWAY, 10 months >later I tried to upgrade my health insurance and was shocked when I >was denied b/c of " unresolved thyroid nodule " Outraged at Blue Cross, >I called the dcotor to get a letter for them ,and he started >backtracking, saying he must have " lost " the ultrasound report. I >told him I didn't have an ultrasound b/c he never recomended it. I >scheduled my own ultrasound and the rest is history. (TT 1/9/03, Pap. >w one lymph node affected, waiting to schedule RAI) I'm not sure what >recourse I have as I am angry that I didn't get the cancer out a year >ago, and that he dismissed a 3 cm. nodule. Has anyone had a similar >ecperience? Do I file a complaint or what else? I know this is a very >slow growing cancer, but it may have been years b/f I found it, and >it had already invaded one lymph node. I'd love any suggestions. > >Thanks! >-in LA >TT 1/9/03 PAp. w/one lymph node >Awaiting Hypo >Awaiting date for RAI > > >This e-mail support group is one of many free services of ThyCa: Thyroid >Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. <web site: www.thyca.org>. If you do >not wish to belong to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by >sending a blank e-mail to: >thyca-unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 I work at a medical institution. We get sued all the time; patients hire private lawyers etc. What about malpractice ? I'm pretty sure you can look up doctors and their track records online somewhere....its public knowledge, I think. Does your doctor have any superiors? I go to a university hospital, so complaints can be filed through there. Sorry thats all I can think of!. Good luck! in Columbus,Ohio Dx w/pap. thyca. well-diff. 11/2000, 19 yrs. old Metastases to lungs TT w/pt. neck diss. w/30 cancerous lymph nodes removed on 11/13/2000 RAI's 3/2001, 9/2001, and 7/2002 Metastases to lungs GONE by 7/2002 3 cancerous tumors left in neck, 1/2003 Second surgery needed ASAP, 3/2003? > " > >Reply-To: Thyca >To: Thyca >Subject: misdiagnosed >Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:20:57 -0000 > > Hi, > It's (the " new member " entry from a few days ago). I'm >wondering if anyone has had any experience with being misdiagnosed, >or, more to the point, an endo not handling the situation effeciently. >In Feb. 2002 I went to an endo here in LA b/c I hadn't been able to >gain weight since the birth of my daughter in Dec. 2000. I'm 5'6 " >and weigh 95 lbs. Though in LA this is desirable, it has been >something I struggle with as I do not look healthy, in my opinion. >Anyway, the endo found, what he documented as a " 3 cm nodule " on my >thyroid. He took blood and chest x-ray and called me a few days >later to inform me that my levels were great and I was in very good >health, and needn't do anything. At that point, I assumed he made a >mistake thinking he had felt a lump or it was a cyst or something as >I didn't know anything about thyroid nodules. ANYWAY, 10 months >later I tried to upgrade my health insurance and was shocked when I >was denied b/c of " unresolved thyroid nodule " Outraged at Blue Cross, >I called the dcotor to get a letter for them ,and he started >backtracking, saying he must have " lost " the ultrasound report. I >told him I didn't have an ultrasound b/c he never recomended it. I >scheduled my own ultrasound and the rest is history. (TT 1/9/03, Pap. >w one lymph node affected, waiting to schedule RAI) I'm not sure what >recourse I have as I am angry that I didn't get the cancer out a year >ago, and that he dismissed a 3 cm. nodule. Has anyone had a similar >ecperience? Do I file a complaint or what else? I know this is a very >slow growing cancer, but it may have been years b/f I found it, and >it had already invaded one lymph node. I'd love any suggestions. > >Thanks! >-in LA >TT 1/9/03 PAp. w/one lymph node >Awaiting Hypo >Awaiting date for RAI > > >This e-mail support group is one of many free services of ThyCa: Thyroid >Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. <web site: www.thyca.org>. If you do >not wish to belong to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by >sending a blank e-mail to: >thyca-unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Actually, it's not that easy. States differ in how much info is available to the public. And some of it is available, but not on-line and not easily accessible. I read an article about it recently, and if I'd been hypo the info in it would have warmed me up for all day (*steamed* is more like it). bj Re: misdiagnosed > I'm pretty sure you can look up doctors and their track records online somewhere....its public knowledge, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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