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Did anyone have a missed diagnosis of NSCLC?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Apr 30 10:30am | Replies (82)

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Wow! I thought that only happened in the city I used to live in! May 2014 I had a small car accident and they took me to the hospital and ran every test you can imagine. (Other person’s insurance). Anyway, same thing… CT reported a suspicious nodule suspicious for adenocarcinoma.I had on the paperwork to send everything to my Dr. I don’t recall when I actually saw that report for the first time, maybe 2018 or 2019, but I didn’t know what it meant and no one ever said anything to me, so I forgot about it. December of 2023 regular visit to set up my new Dr. new town. He wants me to go have a lung screening because of past smoking history. Next day I go and long story short, nodule had grown from 8mm to 21, and positive for adenocarcinoma.I’m very lucky that it was slow growing! Segmentectomy in March of 2023, at Mayo in Phoenix. They now have in my records that because of missed follow up by hospital staff that I was one who fell through the cracks. I know that I am lucky and I’m glad my new Dr is right on the ball with me! Hope maybe others see this and stay on top of their medical records! It may save their life!

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Just want to clarify that the hospital was in a different city and it was not Mayo that failed me, but the other Hospital. Mayo and their AWESOME Dr.’s saved my life!

The Urgent Care site I visited was in AL. I live in Chicago. Similar experience. Did the hospital that didn’t notify you take any responsibility for the stage you were in?

I know it's off the topic of this thread but can I ask how things have been since the segmentectomy. This looks like the road I will be going down soon. Any info about what to expect and any tips for preparing would be greatly appreciated. Funny thing is a mistake by my doctor may have saved my life. He kept ignoring the signs of a precancerous colon polyp I kept giving him. I eventually went to urgent care where they did a CT scan that caught the lung nodule. Had he just called for a colonoscopy they never would have caught the lung nodule. They later did a pet scan for the lung nodule that caught the large precancerous colon polyp. It's been a wild ride. 🙂