> When the nurse told me the news over the phone, I was so shocked I almost collapsed
Was that an exception? I would hope that such news could be given where emotional support is available.
Do the first two know they misdiagnosed so they have a chance to seek improvement?
I sympathise with her in not trusting doctors anymore. There have been too many experiences (amongst friends and family) of mixed up results, misdiagnosises and multiple doctors saying different things. I know someone whose breast cancer was dismissed as anxiety. Before anyone jumps at me, no I definitely don’t vote Tory and I think the way the NHS has been treated is a disgrace, but that doesn’t make doctor screw ups and dismissive rudeness much more palatable.
This story is wild and I feel like it’s missing a bunch of shit.
First GP appt sees a referral (probably a 2ww referral to derm), this should go in the notes.
Derm might have taken the safe route based on the clinical presentation then and not done anything (excuses are weird. Melanoma is less common on the scalp, but absolutely possible when your hair is quite light etc). But we have no idea what it actually looked like then.
GP then dismisses it as fungus? Despite already having had a referral to derm for it before and the situation having sort of worsened? This is the wild part. I feel like there’s something missing at point.
GPs suck :(. I’ve had a lot of new moles appear in the last year. The GP wouldnt do an in person and instead asked me to send photos of the moles. They tell me they’re okay but I’m hardly going to take their word for it from a blurry photo taken on a shit phone with no sense of scale.
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> When the nurse told me the news over the phone, I was so shocked I almost collapsed
Was that an exception? I would hope that such news could be given where emotional support is available.
Do the first two know they misdiagnosed so they have a chance to seek improvement?
I sympathise with her in not trusting doctors anymore. There have been too many experiences (amongst friends and family) of mixed up results, misdiagnosises and multiple doctors saying different things. I know someone whose breast cancer was dismissed as anxiety. Before anyone jumps at me, no I definitely don’t vote Tory and I think the way the NHS has been treated is a disgrace, but that doesn’t make doctor screw ups and dismissive rudeness much more palatable.
This story is wild and I feel like it’s missing a bunch of shit.
First GP appt sees a referral (probably a 2ww referral to derm), this should go in the notes.
Derm might have taken the safe route based on the clinical presentation then and not done anything (excuses are weird. Melanoma is less common on the scalp, but absolutely possible when your hair is quite light etc). But we have no idea what it actually looked like then.
GP then dismisses it as fungus? Despite already having had a referral to derm for it before and the situation having sort of worsened? This is the wild part. I feel like there’s something missing at point.
GPs suck :(. I’ve had a lot of new moles appear in the last year. The GP wouldnt do an in person and instead asked me to send photos of the moles. They tell me they’re okay but I’m hardly going to take their word for it from a blurry photo taken on a shit phone with no sense of scale.