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littlelapin · 08/05/2007 15:21
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Lauriefairycake · 08/05/2007 15:31
Well....I think 'bastard' is a bit strong but I didn't see him on tv, I've only read the article you linked to.
I think he will ultimately feel happy that he is going to live but is probably consumed with anger about being misdiagnosed. If I try and imagine what that would be like for me I think it would be very distressing because:
- I would spend my life insurance money on enjoying the world with my family in those last few months.......and then I'd probably have to pay it back
2. And I wouldn't then ever be able to get life insurance again - so family would be pretty screwed if I then subsequently died suddenly
3. And I would prepare the family and spend my whole time getting ready to 'die' and then feel very disorientated psychologically when I was then going to live - probably get post traumatic stress or something
and I think I can imagine that I would initially be angry
KathyMCMLXXII · 08/05/2007 15:34
I see where Laurie is coming from but then the sad thing is that there are so many people now whose anger (whether reasonable or not) seems to translate into suing people.
So ironic that (even if he doesn't have much of a case) his suing the NHS will result in LESS money to spend on people who need it.
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CuriousSquid · 08/05/2007 15:36
MB, i saw this this morning and hoped u hadn't seen it
I can understand his anger and even his wanting his money back that he spent but there was no other outcome from his test apprently and he seems to hold within himself, the cure for cancer! If that was me, my sense of relief would be enourmous!
Great news about the tumours not growing MB. I know you would rather hear that they are shrinking but its great ews nonetheless.
Lauriefairycake, bastard is a much politer word than the ones i used when i saw it this morning
tigerschick · 08/05/2007 15:41
Totally agree mb. Haven't read the article but heard him on Jeremy Vine and I want to know what he expected his wife to live on after he died?! Selfish doesn't get near!
So pleased that you have some good news on your dh at last. Hoping there is lots more to come.
tissy · 08/05/2007 15:43
Bl**dy hell!
I hope he gets laughed out of court!
If I was told I was dying , I wouldn't blow the lot, I would try and make sure that my affairs were in order, so that my family weren't left in debt. He "stopped paying the mortgage" FGS! Did he think that the life insurance would pay up before his wife was evicted from the house? What if he lived a bit longer than expected, and he the bank foreclosed on the mortgage before he died, would he have played the "you wouldn't evict a dying man" card? He was seriously irresponsible, and I don't think the hospital should pay him a penny.
wannaBeWhateverIWannaBe · 08/05/2007 15:54
oh yeh I saw him on news24 last night - what an arse. they're saying he wasn't mis diagnosed though? and that presented with the evidence, ie the tumour etc the diagnoses would have been the same. can't believe he stopped paying his mortgage etc.
Blandmum · 08/05/2007 15:58
When I think of the hours that dh has spent, sorting out our finances so that we will be OK 'after' it makes me want to spit.
Yes, we have done things that we wouldn't have otherwise, a great holiday in Eurodisney, for example, But if they told me that dh would live, I'd be delighted. This arse deserves to be dropped in the middle of the oncology unit I spent the afternnon in, and explain his case to all the people in there who are dying of the same disease.
Stupid cunt!
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