She had invasive surgery after Idaho Dr. Ryan Cole (AFD) misdiagnosed her. Now she's suing.

[Nevilledog]

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/04/14/she-had-invasive-surgery-after-idaho-dr-ryan-cole-misdiagnosed-her-now-shes-suing/

J.B. was depressed after losing her brother to COVID-19. Her menstrual cycle was out of whack, and while she assumed that was from stress and grief, her husband worried it might be something else and wanted her to see her nurse practitioner about the bleeding.

At the time, Dr. Ryan Cole ran one of the laboratories used by women’s health practices in the Boise area. That’s where J.B.’s nurse practitioner sent a biopsy taken from her body on July 6, 2021.

Cole gave a diagnosis: a rare and aggressive form of endometrial cancer.

“I felt like I died already” upon hearing the diagnosis, J.B. told the Idaho Capital Sun in an interview. “You know, you know. It was scary,” she said, beginning to cry. “Oh, sorry. I don’t want to even, like, remember it.”

The Sun agreed to use only J.B.’s initials to protect her medical privacy.

It wasn’t until after she underwent major surgery that J.B. learned she didn’t have cancer after all.

On Wednesday, J.B. filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Ada County that accuses Cole of negligence and other harms. The Sun contacted Cole and his representatives by email and phone Thursday, but they could not be reached for comment.

What she didn’t know at the time of her cancer diagnosis was that Cole, a local pathologist, had just begun to make a name for himself based on a stance against COVID-19 vaccines, including false claims that they cause cancer.

*snip*


America Frontline Doctors are dangerous charlatans.

[marble falls]

1. Made me look into AFD. Yoiks. Simone Gold is one of the leading chacters ...

Long but great read

https://time.com/6092368/americas-frontline-doctors-covid-19-misinformation/

Edit: My aging brain grabbed the wrong Gold.

[Nevilledog]

2. They're monsters. I think Simone Gold lost her license (she's a Jan 6th convict)

[marble falls]

3. After reading her wiki page, I clicked her website. My virus protection went off code red.

[Nevilledog]

4. Not surprising.

[Raven123]

5. Interesting. Sadly, I think the oncologist has learned a lesson as well.

Better to have your own Pathologists review the initial biopsy before making a therapeutic decision. Some do that as a standard.

[Tree Lady]

13. It can go both ways

a friend of mine recently was excited that biopsy was negative for cancer, said cyst non cancerous. Met with surgeon to have it removed and he said I don't like how the biopsy looks get another one, so she did and it showed cancer.

Still getting surgery but now with other treatments.

People who read biopsies have to be sooooo careful!

[Raven123]

16. Good job by the surgeon who checked the biopsy his/herself

[Maru Kitteh]

6. That could have been me. I was scheduled for surgery in ID last week, had it

much, much closer to home instead by people I know and trust.



That could have been me.

[Nevilledog]

9. I'm glad it wasn't and hope you're healing fast!

[MontanaMama]

14. Oh my.

I’m so relieved it wasn’t you.

This is my fear for women in red states. Qualified physicians specializing in women’s health will leave states like Idaho, Montana etc…leaving us without anything close to good care. It isn’t just pregnant people not able to access abortion that will die. Lots of us middle aged + women will die too because some jackass will misdiagnose us.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. "American Greed" had an ep about a doctor who diagnosed people with scary stuff just to make $$

he went to jail for a looooong time.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Sometimes it seems like it's all a con game

The tales I could tell. The money they want to make.

[TeamProg]

10. I wonder if the surgeon who performed the ill-advised surgery could sue the pathologist as well.. ?

Probably not.. surgery center / hospital contracts, etc.

[Raven123]

17. Doubt it. My guess is the suit would be tossed as the patient was the person harmed

[toddwv]

11. $75,000?

She chose surgery and, on July 26, 2021, the doctor performed surgery to remove her uterus, remove both of her ovaries and fallopian tubes, and tissue and lymph nodes in her abdomen, the lawsuit says.

She should get A LOT more than 75k.

[moniss]

12. Practicing physicians

in Florida get nailed for Medicare fraud all the time for submitting billing for bogus treatment. One case I read about the doctors at the clinic would make a "diagnosis" and then keep the patient coming back on a weekly basis. Sometimes even twice in a week. Prescriptions written and filled but when patients were contacted to ascertain facts they knew nothing about some of the medications or the frequent visits.

Florida. Where scamming on the elderly is a major part of the economy.

[Ms. Toad]

15. Unsolicited advice to anyone receiving a diagnosis of a "rare and aggressive" cancer -

Get a second opinion. Always.

If the cancer is rare, unless you happen to have landed in a lucky spot, your doctor will have seen (at most) a handful of cases like yours. The same is true for the pathologist. There aren't, generally speaking, big red flags which scream cancer - especially when the cancer is rare. It's the job of the pathologist to sort it out - and it isn't always clear cut.

So even if you have absolutely no reason to doubt your doctor, always get a second opinion for a rare disease of any kind - but especially for a rare cancer.

It is even more important to get a second opinion if the rare cancer is aggressive. The kind of rare cancer I have is aggressive. Because it is rare and aggressive, doctors who treat it sometimes disagree with each other based on their experience with different treatments. With my cancer (and mine, specifically, not just generically) an "oops!" removal of the tumor is relatively common. People aren't expecting sarcomas, so they just take them out as if they were any cancer - or even any benign lump. Having an "oops!" removal (as I did) can significantly alter both quality of life and life expectancy.

(Fortunately, my "oops!" surgery was easily corrected - with two follow-up surgeries within a month of the first. I caught it early - so there was less risk of damage from an "oops!" surgery - and I was being treated at a high volume sarcoma center. Two years out my prognosis is 98% chance of survival at 5 years. Many of my support group friends - especially those who just took the advice of the first person who treated them are not so lucky.)

Mentioning this mostly because my first reaction was, "Why didn't she get a 2nd opinion before surgery?" and the article suggests that no one thought to get a second opinion because the pathology did not indicate any ambiguity. For a rare and especially a rare and aggressive cancer, ALWAYS get a second opinion. Even if your doctor says not to bother. Even if your doctor is absolutely certain. It can make a significant difference in both quality and quantity of life.

[Raven123]

18. Thanks for the excellent advice