BrendaW Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Well, once again, the big boys in the white coats stick together, and the patient gets the shaft: http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?i...9&type=UTTM Brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judycolby Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 UUHHMM Yeah, I'm betting they made sure there was no one on the jury that had any knowledge of anyone with a chronic disorder of any kind. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member of the 1000 Post Club Fairley Posted October 22, 2007 Member of the 1000 Post Club Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Gracie, Thanks for posting this article. I've been following this Maryland case for a while and had not known that the jury was back on it. I am really disappointed in the verdict -- this woman clearly suffered physical and economic damages. But, as I was told when considering suing my repro endo for failing to test for Cushing's for seven years and for misdiagnosing me with PCO, proving that the standard of medical care has been breached is a difficult thing to do. Being a D- doctor doesn't do it, or so I'm told. You have to be an outright F to win. I also found the settlement discussions around $200K to be typical of a med mal settlement offer -- it's about what the defendant's insurance company would have to pay to litigate the case. Too sad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member of the 1000 Post Club maecar Posted October 22, 2007 Member of the 1000 Post Club Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 This is why no one will thoughouly test for cushing's and even dismiss patients with normal and abnormal results... they know that there is no legal responsibility on their part. Who, if not the doctors, should be held accountable for the delay of diagnosis and subsequent health complications? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viumber Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I saw the WS endo and he said I had syndrome X. So even If the MRI had shown a tumor he probably would not have been any more impressed to diagnose cushings. We need more GOOD doctors! Violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member of the 1000 Post Club CindyRPT Posted October 22, 2007 Member of the 1000 Post Club Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thanks for the article Brenda. VERY interesting & very sad. It would be interesting to know how many of us here on the board had a radiologist miss their tumor. I am one of those people. I had 2 radiologists miss mine. When I sent it to Dr McC, he said it was "very clear" to him exactly where my tumor is. It's amazing! There really needs to be more training on identification of microadenomas. My neurologist here in Kentucky said himself that the radiologists are trained to identify obvious masses, lesions, or bleeds....they don't look for tiny microadenomas. UGH! So how many of you out there had a radiologist miss your tumor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 2000 Posts casag Posted October 22, 2007 Over 2000 Posts Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Cindy, I asked that very same question. Here is a thread where we talked about it: Normal? MRIs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member of the 1000 Post Club CindyRPT Posted October 22, 2007 Member of the 1000 Post Club Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thanks for the link to the thread Susan. Wow! 70% of tumors missed in your poll! Unbelievable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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