BMJ 2004;328:944-945 (17 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7445.944-a
Commentary
Patient's view
Mrs Dempsey
Douglas Lowdon, specialist registrar in medicine for elderly people1
1 Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee DD2 1SP douglas.lowdon@tpct.scot.nhs.uk
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I agreed to my case being used because I hoped that it might assist doctors, and in particular remind them to think of the diagnosis of lymphoma, and so benefit future patients. It's quite humbling to think that doctors from every continent have read about my illness. My only negative comment about the responses is the number of doctors who referred to me as "old" or "elderly." I am only 66 after all.
After weeks of suffering with breathlessness, I finally decided to trouble my doctor when I could not play with the grandchildren. When Dr Ogilvie told me I probably had "fluid on the lungs," I was excited at the prospect of feeling better with water tablets.
I thought I would wait months to be seen at the hospital, but I was seen within days. When I was told by Dr Lowdon that the breathlessness was probably a consequence
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