After 7 sessions of chemotherapy and having 80% of his stomach removed, a 59-year-old Australian man was informed that he never actually had the cancer he was told he was fighting.
As a result, Graham Lord is now suing the Central Coast Local Health District for the damage one false diagnosis has done.
Not only is he reportedly suffering from depression and anxiety, but can no longer eat sitting down.
Ugh! Such an awful medical mistake!
He was informed of the unthinkable mix-up 6 weeks after the operation on his stomach, telling sources:
"I was told that the tissue taken from me during that gastrectomy was examined through the pathology department at Royal North Shore and the lymph nodes that were taken out showed no evidence of cancer. The tissue samples were sent to Royal Prince Alfred for study and again that came back with no evidence of malignancy."It doesn't take much of an imagination to understand how upset this man is, but he explained it will be no easy task to move on, continuing:
"I am still very angry. Psychologically I am not over what has happened I don't know if I ever will. I still have the dreams about it and wake up in a sweat about it. I have lost about 20kg in weight."We don't know about you guys, but after hearing this we will ALWAYS request a second opinion!
Good luck with the lawsuit, Graham! We hope you get what you deserve after the unnecessary trouble those doctors put you through!
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