laurie83833
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Hello,
I just feel so upset right now. The initial shock of hearing Stage 4 cancer - no cure has lessened some and now the anger about how this was not caught in time and possibly a different outcome for my husband could have been achieved or even as an option initially back in December when he went into emergency room at hospital.
Not sure if we could file a suit against the radiologist in the state where the initial scan was done (Hawaii)... Here are some spec's
December 10th 2018 - Husband was feeling a bit week and out of breath. We took him to the emergency room in a hospital in Hawaii (we live on the islands during the winter months). Husband had colon cancer back in Sept. 2009 but has been NED (no evidence of disease) since that time period. During the exam in the emergency room we did notify physicians of his prior colon cancer, along with about 6 months prior a Heart valve replacement and triple bypass.
They found my husband to have severe anemia which required 2 units of blood, and 3 units of Iron. They ordered a full CT scan of Abdomen and Pelvis.
Scans all came back "normal"no cancer except for a couple kidney stones. There was between 400-500 images taken during the scan at different angles. We were told all was good and that maybe he had some bleeding inside his intestinal track and to have an upper and lower GI done or it could have been from an ulcer or something. We were leaving aback to our mainland home in a month so though we would have the follow up scans done there.
Back at our Idaho home - husband had an upper and lower GI done in March 2019 (which came back all clear). DR. assumed maybe diverticulitis was the reason for the anemia in December. He said no need to come back for another 5 years for a colonoscopy.
May 13th 2019- regular annual scan of lungs Idaho (husband used to be a prior smoker) so they check lungs annually to make sure all is fine. Radiologist on lung scan mentions something out of the ordinary with liver or around liver. Suggest to have follow up CT scan of Abdomen and Pelvis. Full CT scan done - wham your colon cancer has come back and there are tumors all over in your Abdomen, liver, pelvis and possible bone. No cure no surgery.
So in 4-5 months time it went from no signs of cancer to full blown stage IV and no cure. My husbands ONC said that the scan in December should have picked up the cancer easy enough.
Nothing will help my husband at this point unfortunately he has to suffer the consequences well our whole family does. I have on hand all copies of the scans on CD's in my possession and the reports from December until now. We will be going for a 2nd opinion and will have the Dr. read all the prior scans even the one that showed all clear in December.
What legal rights if any do we have if the radiologist in December missed the cancer which cost my husband valuable time and even a possibility of a cure or it is just something that one has to put up with and just forget about it and consider it as part of life?
Thanks much ahead of time.
I just feel so upset right now. The initial shock of hearing Stage 4 cancer - no cure has lessened some and now the anger about how this was not caught in time and possibly a different outcome for my husband could have been achieved or even as an option initially back in December when he went into emergency room at hospital.
Not sure if we could file a suit against the radiologist in the state where the initial scan was done (Hawaii)... Here are some spec's
December 10th 2018 - Husband was feeling a bit week and out of breath. We took him to the emergency room in a hospital in Hawaii (we live on the islands during the winter months). Husband had colon cancer back in Sept. 2009 but has been NED (no evidence of disease) since that time period. During the exam in the emergency room we did notify physicians of his prior colon cancer, along with about 6 months prior a Heart valve replacement and triple bypass.
They found my husband to have severe anemia which required 2 units of blood, and 3 units of Iron. They ordered a full CT scan of Abdomen and Pelvis.
Scans all came back "normal"no cancer except for a couple kidney stones. There was between 400-500 images taken during the scan at different angles. We were told all was good and that maybe he had some bleeding inside his intestinal track and to have an upper and lower GI done or it could have been from an ulcer or something. We were leaving aback to our mainland home in a month so though we would have the follow up scans done there.
Back at our Idaho home - husband had an upper and lower GI done in March 2019 (which came back all clear). DR. assumed maybe diverticulitis was the reason for the anemia in December. He said no need to come back for another 5 years for a colonoscopy.
May 13th 2019- regular annual scan of lungs Idaho (husband used to be a prior smoker) so they check lungs annually to make sure all is fine. Radiologist on lung scan mentions something out of the ordinary with liver or around liver. Suggest to have follow up CT scan of Abdomen and Pelvis. Full CT scan done - wham your colon cancer has come back and there are tumors all over in your Abdomen, liver, pelvis and possible bone. No cure no surgery.
So in 4-5 months time it went from no signs of cancer to full blown stage IV and no cure. My husbands ONC said that the scan in December should have picked up the cancer easy enough.
Nothing will help my husband at this point unfortunately he has to suffer the consequences well our whole family does. I have on hand all copies of the scans on CD's in my possession and the reports from December until now. We will be going for a 2nd opinion and will have the Dr. read all the prior scans even the one that showed all clear in December.
What legal rights if any do we have if the radiologist in December missed the cancer which cost my husband valuable time and even a possibility of a cure or it is just something that one has to put up with and just forget about it and consider it as part of life?
Thanks much ahead of time.