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JoMama54
JoMama54 CSN Member Posts: 78
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Girls,
I went and found a site that explains how to read you pathology report. At the very first it talks about checking you name birthday and date of surgery. I have 2 different reports 1 shows a date of 7/22/2008 the other a date of 7/23/2008 of material being received
my surgery wasn't until 7/24/2008.............should I be concerned???? I know this sounds stupid as it is almost a year later.
JoMama
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  • tommaseena
    tommaseena CSN Member Posts: 1,769
    #2
    Question it
    Even though it a year old you can call the pathologist(s) at the hospital a ask them to verify these things and ask for a new report with the correct dates on them.

    Tell them you want to be sure it is your report and not someone elses.

    Best of luck,
    Margo
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  • Kat11
    Kat11 CSN Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #3
    tommaseena said:

    Question it
    Even though it a year old you can call the pathologist(s) at the hospital a ask them to verify these things and ask for a new report with the correct dates on them.

    Tell them you want to be sure it is your report and not someone elses.

    Best of luck,
    Margo

    Can't hurt to have it
    Can't hurt to have it checked out.
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  • Jeanne D
    Jeanne D CSN Member Posts: 1,867
    #4
    Kat11 said:

    Can't hurt to have it
    Can't hurt to have it checked out.

    Jomama
    I would call and get a new report. You want to be sure it is yours.
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  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl CSN Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #5
    Perhaps biopsy results?
    I ask that because my biopsy was considered "outpatient surgery" where I was treated.

    No matter. Yes, you should certainly double-check to allay your concerns.

    Kind regards, Susan

    P.S.: Maybe post that site, in order to help others here?
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  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 CSN Member Posts: 2,570
    #6
    If it was my report
    I would definitely check it out. Even though to err is human, to forgive divine...some medical mistakes can mean the difference between life and death, chemo and rads, arimidex or not....
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  • Alexis F
    Alexis F CSN Member Posts: 3,598
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    lynn1950 said:

    If it was my report
    I would definitely check it out. Even though to err is human, to forgive divine...some medical mistakes can mean the difference between life and death, chemo and rads, arimidex or not....

    If I were you, I would call
    If I were you, I would call and get a new pathology report and question why your dates are wrong. Are you sure it is yours? Just check and make sure! Good luck!
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  • JoMama54
    JoMama54 CSN Member Posts: 78
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    Alexis F said:

    If I were you, I would call
    If I were you, I would call and get a new pathology report and question why your dates are wrong. Are you sure it is yours? Just check and make sure! Good luck!

    Thanks Ladies.
    I needed you second opinions! What a great bunch of friends.
    Hugs.........JoMama
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  • Kylez
    Kylez CSN Member Posts: 3,761 Member
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    JoMama54 said:

    Thanks Ladies.
    I needed you second opinions! What a great bunch of friends.
    Hugs.........JoMama

    Yes, JoMama, get that
    Yes, JoMama, get that checked out. That is weird, and, let us know what you find out!
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  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 CSN Member Posts: 4,374 Member
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    Kylez said:

    Yes, JoMama, get that
    Yes, JoMama, get that checked out. That is weird, and, let us know what you find out!

    Hi JoMama! I read this post
    Hi JoMama! I read this post about the wrong dates on your pathology report and hope that you have checked this out and found out that is was just a clerical mistake. That is very strange. Please post and let us know what you find out. Hugs to you!
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