玛丽·哈伯特·斯特罗姆伯格(Mary Harbert Stromberg)在克莱姆森大学(Clemson University)读大三的时候,右髋骨附近剧烈的疼痛让她停了下来。在超声波检查发现肿块后,她立即打电话给她的母亲格伦尼斯,格伦尼斯转向她自己的母亲克雷格·考尔斯(Craig Cowles)。这位三次癌症幸存者坚持认为她的孙女去了MD安德森在那里,医生没有发现癌症的迹象。斯特龙伯格的误诊是在MD安德森。
那是一个星期二,我的右侧开始感到疼痛。病情越来越严重,所以我去看了医生,以为可能是阑尾炎。医生又戳又戳,然后建议我去做超声波检查。扫描发现一个复杂的肿块。
在我祖母的建议下,我妈妈说,“让我们要特别小心并去MD安德森”。
在某个地方说'癌症中心'肯定是恐吓。但我去过了MD安德森我记得那里的人是多么的好,很快就感到很自在。在会议上佩德罗·拉米雷斯博士和他的团队,我知道我在正确的地方。我在南卡罗来纳州的医生似乎比我更令人恐惧。但是MD安德森团队已经看到了这一切。
他们以一种非常平静的方式说,‘首先,我们要弄清楚这个问题,然后从那里着手。’
在全面检查后,拉米雷斯医生告诉我根本没有复杂的肿块。这是一个正常的,良性的,常见的囊肿,而我的只是碰巧以一种奇怪的方式扭曲,导致了疼痛。他说我没事。
我妈妈,奶奶和我的想法都是一样的。人们不问问题,不征求别人的意见,不知道到底发生了什么,会走多远,这很可怕。
我21岁的时候,第一个医生建议我做子宫切除术!然后发现我并没有患病的迹象。我很幸运得到了别人的意见,希望其他人也能这样做。
你保证吗?告诉我们为什么要通过发送电子邮件来制作癌症历史博物馆promise@mdanderson.org。
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