OAN’s Avril Elfie
6:12pm – Tuesday, April 9, 2024
A Texas mother said she was diagnosed with cancer and underwent chemotherapy, only to find out later that she didn’t have cancer.
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by daily mail, 39-year-old Lisa Monk went to the hospital in 2022 with abdominal pain that was suspected to be caused by kidney stones. During her visit, she underwent a series of tests that revealed she had two kidney stones and a mass in her spleen.
The mother of two then underwent surgery to remove the mass in January 2023.
According to reports, Monk sent his spleen to three different pathology labs for testing, and the fourth lab tested positive for a rare terminal cancer called “clear cell angiosarcoma.” Ta.
of mayo clinic It states that angiosarcoma is a type of cancer that develops on the inner walls of lymph vessels and blood vessels. Regardless of age or gender, angiosarcoma is considered to have a poor prognosis despite current treatments.
“It was a vascular type of cancer found in the spleen, and he said the most optimistic thing he could say was to give me 15 months.” [to live]” said Monk. “It was a dark time.”
Mr Monk said what followed his diagnosis was “aggressive” chemotherapy.
Soon after, she was referred to another hospital and received her first chemotherapy treatment in March 2023. After losing all her hair, Monk underwent a second round of chemotherapy, which left her with vomiting and “silver skin,” she explained.
“It was a very dark time. I was writing goodbye letters to grandchildren I’d never see again and weddings I’d never attend.”
However, Ms Monk said her doctor told her during a routine check-up in April that she did not have cancer and that the pathology report was “incorrect”.
“When I first met the nurse, she just asked about my symptoms and was scrolling on her computer while she talked to me,” Monk recalled. “All of a sudden she stopped talking and had this look on her face. She turned to me and looked completely terrified and said she needed to go to the doctor and ran out of the room. He left me alone for about 15 minutes and the doctor came back. He told me a lot of medical jargon, but then he told me I didn’t have cancer.”
“Then the doctor told me I didn’t have cancer. [At that moment] I looked like I had cancer, the vomiting made me feel like I had cancer, I felt sick, and my skin had turned silver from the chemotherapy.” said Monk.
She went on to say that instead of apologizing for a huge mistake, her doctors congratulated her on being cancer-free.
“Then my doctor congratulated me, which really bothered me,” Monk revealed. “I was shocked at the time, but now I feel like a more appropriate response was ‘I’m sorry.'” I asked for a copy of the pathology report, found her hallway and called her husband. I broke the news. ”
Monk said it wasn’t until he looked at the pathology report at home that he realized the date was a month earlier. This means that her hospital knew about it before her second round of chemotherapy, but they didn’t tell her until her last doctor’s appointment.
“I was undergoing chemotherapy during this period, but if they had bothered to read my pathology report they could have told me a month in advance and the second round of chemotherapy would have been It could have been avoided,” Monk added. “[After being told I didn’t have cancer] I had to wait a few days, but after talking with all the doctors, they confirmed that it was not cancer. Eventually, they decided that my spleen was going to rupture and that was the reason for the mass on my spleen. There was no cancer, just active blood vessels. ”
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