DPlong,

That is a terrible story about your grandmother. I would suspect that your family would have a cause of action lawsuit against that doctor and hospital.

I have a story, too, but definitely not as terrible as yours. My sister-in-law died from colon cancer at age 52 a few years ago. Her father was 83 at the time and confined to bed and wheelchair in a nursing home. His doctor insisted the old timer be given a colonoscopy since the daughter had died of colon cancer. In my viewpoint, this was only to add money to the Medicaid bill the doctor was submitting every month.