Thoughts On “Surgeons Who Tested Medtronic’s Infuse Failed to Report Problems”

This article simultaneously outrages me health and physical fitness articles breaks my heart. Kudos to WSJ for reporting on this. You did the same about four years ago in a series of articles about use of erythropoietin in cancer patients who became anemic. My husband was receiving chemotherapy at the time for prostate cancer and his oncologist recommended that on almost the same day I read one of your stories. I told her about the article and begged her not to give it to him. She persisted. In your follow-up articles, I gained more knowledge and forwarded links to all of the articles to her.

She finally gave in to me and said he could get a saline solution instead. It was at that time that an experienced nurse told us that anemia wasn’t the bad thing the doctors think it is. Not too much longer after that, the doctor learned that his cancer had metastasized to his bones. Every once in a while, I wonder…