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A mother has been given 18 months to live after doctors failed to diagnose her cancer more than a dozen times.
Ruth McDonagh, 46, pleaded with GPs for two years to test her for the disease but was repeatedly ‘fobbed off’, and dismissed as ‘neurotic’.
Medical records show she visited GPs 13 times complaining of symptoms before she was finally diagnosed with bowel cancer.
GPs sent me away 13 times and dismissed me as neurotic. Now I've been told that I am dying of cancer
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:35 AM EST
Article Source: the Mail online
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And when she became so ill she couldn’t eat, an extraordinary doctor’s note shows she was prescribed a herbal remedy, with the GP noting: ‘Admits is neurotic.’
By the time she was diagnosed in January last year, doctors found the tumour had progressed to the most severe stage, rendering it virtually impossible to treat.
Now 4in long, it has spread to the bottom of her spine and is likely to kill her.
This is horrendous. Poor woman.
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#1 - Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:36 AM ESTLucky next of kin, looks to me like they'll be splitting an inherritance that includes 13 million dollar plus lawsuits.
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Sorry, Zip, not quite understanding this. Where does the money come from?
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I see...Sadly, we don't have that in Britain, though she can file a complaint, and MAY get some compensation from the NHS!
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Doctors are only humans despite all the hype that often surrounds them.
I URGE all patients to search out other care providers IF you believe you are not being adequately cared for. No one cares more about your life than you do....so don't hesitate to do what you have to do to take care of yourself in terms of adequate medical care.
I'm very sorry to learn what this patient has reported going through and hope this will cause others to pursue adequate care if they end up with a stumped medical provider.
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