Finally – A DNA “No Error Mistake Kit” Regarding Cancer

On July 18, 2012, KNBC (Channel 4) reported that one in one hundred women are misdiagnosed for breast cancer because of lab work on biopsies.  An elderly woman named Rida Worden stated she almost underwent surgery for a mastectomy at an un-named hospital (I’ll bet it was UCLA or Cedars-Sinai) after she was told she had breast cancer.  She knew her body and felt she needed a second opinion as I did. 

She went to another doctor who used the new “No Error Mistake Kit” that would swab her cheek and match that DNA with her biopsy, which proved she did not have cancer – it was someone else.  She was lucky and saved herself from the trauma of surgery and the fear that she could die.

Women are urged to ask for this “No Error Mistake Kit” before surgery, as an absolute with their diagnosis, or if needed, after surgery to prove they never had cancer.  I believe that women who are on Medicare are the most vulnerable because we are expendable.  Finally the truth is coming out but 4 years too late for me.  Think of how many millions of women have had surgery when they didn’t need it, and how many billions of dollars were paid for these surgeries by Medicare and Medicaid.

After I left my doctor at UCLA in September of 2009, I went to a doctor connected with Saint John’s Medical Center where the John Wayne Cancer Center is, and was told for the 1^st time what the CA125 test meant.  And for me, it meant one week before surgery, I had no cancer in my blood stream.  I had asked the Medicare Office about a DNA test and was told “they don’t do that”… well not they must!

When I got my medical records from UCLA, I saw the age of the woman with my name on it as 55 – I was 65, and Dr. Wager chanced the report from the “vulture” to me but not the age.  She used 12/14/52 as her age, making her ineligible for Medicare, so she paid in cash.  I was later told by Medicare investigators “this was a TYPO”

It was not and everyone at UCLA connected to my case knew it.

I was stonewalled at every turn trying to find the truth of my medical status – all Medicare personnel  covered up for UCLA and all doctors involved had an excuse for every complaint I made and evidence to back it up.  Dr. Kim Kieu, Medical Doctor of 13 western states in Seattle, should be held accountable for instructing “investigators” to cover up from Medicare and me.   Medicare investigators should be thrown out and start over with new people who are not bought off.