hondachicc
Well-Known Member
Ok...so I am gonna rant a little myself today! My aunt was diagnosed with colon cancer about a year ago, and had surgery to remove part of her colon. The surgery seemed to go well and she went home in about 5 days. But...here is where the real nightmare begins....they did not send her home with any antibiotics. She developed an infection and was back in the hospital 10 days later. She stayed for 3 days, then was sent home again...with no anitbiotics to take at home. The infection reared its ugly self in a few days, this time worse than before. She went back into the hospital where she stayed for 5 weeks. Once she was finally cleared she went home, feeling better, doing well, until.......she started passing bowel through her urine!! All the while, she was suppose to be starting her cancer treatments, but couldn't. After running tests, they determined that during the surgery, everything was connected back the wrong way...back to the hospital for MORE surgery (with us all begging her to change doctors, she was so sick and so tired to do anything different and refused..thinking it was all just a mistake, that the dr could correct). This time she had to have a collostomy. That was in November...to date...this dr has given her every run around about her treatment, and why she can't eat, gain weight, and reverse the collostomy. She has been getting her cancer treatments, which makes her really sick! A few weeks ago, she noticed that she had bowel in her urine AGAIN!! The Dr said it was an infection and gave her medicine...didn't clear up, obviously. She went back and the good old Doc says "I have done all I can do for you. I won't see you anymore, I am sending you to a gynecologist." What the H@#@ is that???!!! She went to the GYN...BTW..he happened to be my GYN...he told her there was nothing he could do for her, but he would help her get the best care possible. This is why we drove 2 hours today to go to UVA Medical Center. It was a LONG day...Lots of waiting and waiting...but she finally saw the doctor. He says he can fix the problem of the bowel in the urine, but not sure about reversing the collostomy. He is not too optimistic about that. But she has to wait until she is finished with the cancer treatments..which will be October. WHY WHY WHY are people allowed to practice medicine that apparently so not know what they are doing??? Thanks for letting me rant!!