Ouch!! What a Pisser

[sandgk]

You really can't have worse luck than this ...

Docs tell man he has a urinary tract infection.

Docs continue relying on preliminary diagnosis in face of changing (worsening) conditions - for a year.

Docs then realize that something is, you know, worse than a tinkle infection.

Because Docs waited so long they cannot treat the true problem of penile cancer faced by the unfortunate Swede - which would possibly have been treatable if correctly diagnosed up front ... so, of with the Swede's pecker.

Swede told he had cancer and forced to have penis amputated following a YEAR of misdiagnosis


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An elderly Swedish man has had to have his penis amputated after doctors misdiagnosed his condition.
Rather than being the urinary tract infection doctors had thought, he had contracted cancer, and medics had missed the signs for over a YEAR.
As the disease had been undetected for so long, the cancer had taken hold and doctors were left with no option other than to lop off his manhood.
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[Jake]

The sexagenarian originally visited his local clinic in Blekinge, southern Sweden, in September 2009 for treatment on what he was told was an infection.

When he returned in March 2010 complaining of foreskin irritation, the doctor on duty at the time diagnosed the problem as a simple case of inflammation.

After three weeks passed without the prescribed treatment alleviating the man?s condition, he was instructed to seek further treatment at Blekinge Hospital.

But it took five MONTHS before he was able to schedule an appointment at the hospital.

Hmmm...I wonder why it took so long? :ohwell:

 

[BoxCar_Willie]

socialized healthcare. At least where I'm at the German version is bad.

One of our guys recently avulsed the tip of his right index finger in a heavy door and the German hospital just sewed it back on and told him to come back to get the stitches removed in 5 WEEKS!!! We did xrays and the tip of his finger was shattered. He needed surgery and to see a specialist. The healthcare is really bad.

 

[sandgk]

Hmmm...I wonder why it took so long? :ohwell:

socialized healthcare. At least where I'm at the German version is bad.

One of our guys recently avulsed the tip of his right index finger in a heavy door and the German hospital just sewed it back on and told him to come back to get the stitches removed in 5 WEEKS!!! We did xrays and the tip of his finger was shattered. He needed surgery and to see a specialist. The healthcare is really bad.

Well at least in this country unwarranted dick amputations bring on the almighty lawsuit ...

Two years ago Philip Seaton also suffered a similar fate when went to be circumcised at a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, but awoke to find his penis had been amputated.
Mr Seaton filed a lawsuit against the doctor who performed the procedure and the anesthetist, claiming mental anguish and pain.
He also said he has lost the enjoyment of life, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says doctors only received consent to perform a circumcision and that Mr Seaton did not consent to his penis being removed.
His lawyer, Kevin George, said the organ was cut off after cancer was found, but that doctors only had consent to remove the foreskin.
Mr George said: 'Sometimes you have an emergency and you have to do this, but he could very easily closed him up and said, "Here are your options. You have cancer," and the family would have said, "We want a second opinion. This is a big deal."'
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Well, at least it will, until we get tort reform. Then all the unwarranted amputees will be left dickless.

 

[DubCoffman62]

Well, at least he was elderly. His penis had probably seen better days.

 

[BigJim]

Hmmm...I wonder why it took so long? :ohwell:

socialized healthcare. At least where I'm at the German version is bad.

One of our guys recently avulsed the tip of his right index finger in a heavy door and the German hospital just sewed it back on and told him to come back to get the stitches removed in 5 WEEKS!!! We did xrays and the tip of his finger was shattered. He needed surgery and to see a specialist. The healthcare is really bad.

But it's cheaper and saves money to handle it that way