I was told I had cancer by EMAIL - cruel doctors didn't have decency to call me first READ MORE: Woman endured chemo only to discover she didn't have cancer Have you received a disturbing diagnosis from MyChart? Contact: health@dailymail.com By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 12:37 EDT, 29 May 2024 | Updated: 13:39 EDT, 29 May 2024 e-mail 8 shares 6 View comments A woman has revealed how she learned she had lung cancer via an email link from her doctor — as she urges physicians to treat patients with more dignity.
Jamie Sweeney, 64, said her eyes filled with tears when she received the panic attack-inducing news via a message on her iPad while at home in Cincinnati, Ohio . The link took her to a page on MyChart, an online system for accessing medical records, that revealed the results from tests on small lumps in her lungs days earlier. 'Terrified,' is how she described it to local news reporters, 'someone should have called me'.
Gesturing to her disabled husband, she added: 'What happens to him? Who's going to take care of him?'. Ms Sweeney is one of a growing number of Americans receiving devastating diagnoses before speaking to a doctor. Jamie Sweeney, 64, from Ohio, said her eyes filled with tears when she received the diagnosis via an email.
She is pictured above She is now worried about who is going to care for her husband, pictured left above, who is disabled after suffering from a workplace accident Sinclair Privacy Policy A spokespe.