3lynsmom

My father was a heart bypass patient and had a complete lab panel & thallium heart test 2 days before his diagnosis. All were normal, including his heart functioning. Because he had been complaining of shortness of breath, his PCP ordered a chest xray that showed multiple tumors in both lungs, which is what led to his cancer diagnosis & eventually his death. When his PCP called, he told my mother repeatedly, “I just can’t believe this, all of his labwork is normal. I just can’t believe this.” His Drs were attributing his complaints about his symptoms to his heart condition and since his labworks had been repeatedly normal, they were basically brushing him off for months & when he was finally diagnosed, it was already too late. Dad’s cancer was already stage 4, metastasized to liver, pancreas, both lungs, heart, esophagus & all lymph nodes, but his labwork was still normal.