American woman undergoes chemotherapy and discovers she never had cancer

A 39-year-old Texas woman underwent “intensive” chemotherapy only to discover she didn’t have cancer at all.

Lisa Monk, a mother of two, initially went to the hospital in 2022 with stomach pains she suspected were related to kidney stones, the New York Post reported.

Her tests revealed two kidney stones, but a mass was also found on her spleen. Last January, Lisa underwent successful surgery to remove the lump, but that’s when things took a turn for the worse.

According to news reports, Monk claimed that the spleen was sent to three different pathology labs for testing and finally to a fourth lab, where it was tested for a rare, advanced form of cancer called clear cell angiosarcoma. A positive test was performed.

“It’s a vascular cancer found in the spleen. I didn’t tell my family that my disease was terminal or that I only had 15 months to live, I just told them it was very serious. It sucks, but I’m going to fight it,” Monk said in the video.

Monk subsequently adopted an “aggressive” chemotherapy regimen. She was referred to the cancer hospital and received her first round of chemotherapy in March 2023.

After losing all her hair, Monk said she underwent a second round of treatments that left her vomiting and leaving her skin silvery.

“It was a very dark time. I was writing farewell letters and letters to grandchildren I would never see and weddings I would never attend,” Monk said.

But during a routine checkup in April, Monk discovered she didn’t have cancer at all.

Her doctor explained that the pathology report was wrong.

“I saw the nurse practitioner first and she just asked me about my symptoms and was scrolling on the computer while she was talking to me,” Monk recalled.

“All of a sudden she stopped talking and had this look on her face. She turned to me and looked completely terrified and told me she needed to see a doctor and ran out of the room. She left me alone for about 15 minutes , and then the doctor came back. He talked to me a lot of medical terms and told me I didn’t have cancer.”

“The doctors then told me I never had cancer. [At that moment] I looked like I had cancer, I felt like I had cancer because I was vomiting, I was sick, and my skin was silvery from the chemo,” Monk said.

“Then the doctor congratulated me and it really bothered me,” Monk added.

“I was shocked at the time, but now I feel a more appropriate response is ‘I’m sorry.'” I asked for a copy of their pathology report, then I found a hallway to call my husband and tell him the news. “

But the mistakes didn’t end there. Monk claims that after reviewing the pathology report at home, she realized it was dated a month ago, meaning the hospital had the information before her second round of chemotherapy but only read it before her appointment. Report.

“I was undergoing chemotherapy during this time, and they could have told me a month in advance that if they would have read their own pathology report, I could have avoided a second round of chemotherapy,” Monk added.

“[After being told I didn’t have cancer] I had to wait a few days and then after discussions with all the doctors it was confirmed that it was not cancer. Eventually they determined that my spleen was going to rupture, which is why there was a mass on it. This is just vascular activity, not cancer. “