I was diagnosed with rare oral cancer ONE WEEK after my health exam came back normal - now I'm warning everyone about what doctors missed READ MORE: The six medical appointments you should NEVER miss By Alexa Lardieri U.S. Deputy Health Editor Dailymail.
Com Published: 13:54 EDT, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 15:22 EDT, 13 June 2024 e-mail 20 View comments A 36-year-old whose mouth pain and fever were dismissed as 'hypochondria' is warning Americans to keep pressing doctors for answers — after he was eventually diagnosed with deadly mouth cancer . A week before the disease was spotted, Denver-based Mark attended an annual check-up where he was told he was 'perfectly healthy'. Routine screening he'd undergone, like urine and blood tests, had come back normal.
Previous appointments with doctors, in which he'd told of his collection of symptoms, had proven unhelpful, with some attributing his symptoms to mental health problems. It wasn't until he visited a different doctor and demanded further testing that his rare oral cancer was discovered. 'I learned the hard way that your annual doctor's visit and the standard blood work they do is not always a great indicator of your health,' Mark said in a TikTok video that has garnered nearly 900,000 views He added: 'They can't usually predict or diagnose diseases like cancer.
You know yourself better than anyone and any doctor and sometimes even better than the results of a test. This is why it's so important to be persistent.' Mark had been .
