My dad was recently diaganosed with colon cancer and went in to have a tumor rem!
Question: but they misdiagnosed the size and location of the tumors and he ended up having to get a colostomy. then he had to do chemo and radiation. well he went in to get the colostomy reversed and the doctors said they couldnt preform the surgery cuz he was given to much radiation and all of his insides are fused together in a giant mass. do you thinh we have a law suit?
Answers: but they misdiagnosed the size and location of the tumors and he ended up having to get a colostomy. then he had to do chemo and radiation. well he went in to get the colostomy reversed and the doctors said they couldnt preform the surgery cuz he was given to much radiation and all of his insides are fused together in a giant mass. do you thinh we have a law suit?
Oh yes! He has been given Iatrogenic treatment. It will take years to get comp, so be prepared for a long fight. Good luck
No, what you have is a cancer that was worse than they thought. Radiation has that risk, and it's one he took, which is better than being dead.
No, there is a risk of this when given radiotherapy.
If he hadn't had the radio, then it could be the cancer infiltrating his insides!
Be happy that you still have your dad.
Not necessarily a case of mal-practice.
Diagnosis (before the surgery) is not accurate, and even with a good diagnosis he may have needed the colostomy.
Regarding the radiation - there exists specific guidelines regarding the amount of radiation to give. Unless they gave much more than the guidelines without a justifiable reason, it seems that it was just an unfortunate case where your father's body was much more sensitive to radiation than normal.
Lets hope that this period of suffering of your father will end with a full cure.
The colostomy will be reversed eventually - when your father will get sufficient time to heal.