Did Your Doctor Ignore Your Sign Of Thyroid Cancer? Get A Legal Consult Fast
If you had the signs and symptoms of thyroid cancer and your family physician told you multiple times that you didn't have a thyroid issue, but you later found out that you had thyroid cancer, you need to talk with a lawyer. If you expressed to your physician you thought your thyroid was causing your health issues but they disregarded your thoughts, it may cost you time off your life.
The time that you went without treatment for the problem is time that you could have been fighting the disease, and you could have been seen by a specialist. Here is the information that you'll want to take with you to the lawyer, and they'll read through the information and decide if you have a malpractice case worth pursuing.
Blood Results
Testing the blood is one way of determining if you have a thyroid problem, and you should be able to get copies of the blood work you had done in the past few years. If your doctor never ordered blood work to even see if there was a thyroid problem that is negligent within itself. If the blood work showed that there were indications something was wrong with the thyroid or the body, and they ignored it or didn't take aggressive action, this is evidence for your case.
Misdiagnosis Paperwork
Where you misdiagnosed with other illnesses or conditions that weren't even related to your thyroid or the symptoms that you were complaining of and showing? If so, find the paperwork that your doctor gave you with the misdiagnosis statements. You should be able to get printouts from your doctor's office that have the remarks from each visit.
Evidence of the Thyroid Cancer
Have your oncologist or the specialist that is treating you compose a diagnosis letter stating that you have thyroid cancer, and what stage the cancer is in. You may also want to ask the doctor to put remarks about the treatment you'll need, the success of the treatment options at the stage where you're at, and what your potential survival rate will be.
Your lawyer is going to take all the information and approach your family physician to see if they want to settle the matter out of court, or if you need to file a lawsuit against them and go to court. The medical facility where they work may want to handle the matter privately and leave the media out of it, and if not, your lawyer will get your case ready to present in front of a judge. The lawyer like one from Elliott & MacLean LLP can't change your health condition, but they can help you get the money you deserve.