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How is it even possible to send a cancer diagnosis via text?
I guess it was a pretty good Christmas gift to find out you don’t have cancer after that scare >

You’re cured! It’s a Christmas miracle!
Except for you, William Smith. You’re still fucked. >

Damn, slapping Chris Rock did that? >

You can't expect to fuck with the Thirteenth Apostle without some divine retribution. >

British humor is too dry for me >

message from Doctor's office
You have aggressive lung cancer
new message
We apologize for our mistake and are deeply regretful. We meant to say have a very merry Christmas 
new message
We apologize again Mr. Smith but upon reviewing your medical imaging it appears you actually do have aggressive lung cancer >

... And happy new last year of your life >

Look at the bright side. You will never fail ur new year resolution again :) >

Jesus Lord and Mary. You went there. >

Correction, you are going there soon >

A text to telling you that you have a terminal illness?
Hey Bob just letting you know you have lung cancer and are going to die lol >

I know right? That is NOT how receiving news like that typically goes. >

I want to receive my end of life notice in emoji format. >

tombstone.bmp >

In the UK they say Happy Christmas, or in some parts, Happy Aggressive Lung Cancer >

You're not supposed to add the "with aggressive metastases" until New Year >

It also says you are a terrible person. We weren't even testing for that! >

I'm afraid you’re about to become the Immediate Past President of the Being Alive Club. >

Ha Ha >

Those damned Hungarian phrase books again. >

You have beautiful thighs. >

“You have tested positive for herpes simplex A&B”
“Our apologies we meant to ask if you would like to schedule your next check up” >

... for your herpes simplex A&B >

Doctor: Here is the message for the people on the cancer list. And, here is the message for the people on our Christmas message list. Don't. Mix. Them. Up!
Secretary: What am I, an idiot? >

This whole episode screams of someone on the admin side being poorly treated by her higher ups and deciding to go out in a blaze of glory. >

Asshole if true >

🎶 We wish you aggressive cancer, we wish you aggressive cancer, we wish you aggressive cancer and a deadly new year“ 🎶 >

I went in to get a note for a cold once and got told I was in massive heart failure. >

I went in once thinking I was taking a long time to get over flu. Nope, it was cor pulmonale. Surprise! 🎉 >

Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessel's life. His breakfast will taste better than any meal you and I have ever tasted. >

I mean, the keys are like right next to each other. >

Yeah, I’ve done it before. >

Damn that autocorrect! >

Reply to All. >

Have yourself a merry little Christmas... >

Have a Merry Christmas! It will be your last. >

When Tommy Wiseau handles the Christmas texts.
"We got the test results back. You definitely have lung cancer."
"Oh...oh my god. How long do I have?"
"What are you talking about? You crazy! Hahahah. Oh by the way Merry Christmas!" >

A The Room Christmas special was something I didn't know I needed >

The "Merry Christmas" and  "You're about to die" buttons are right next to each other, easy mistake to make. >

Bummer for the people with heart problems. >

Or with guns. >

honestly since Hawaii mistakenly texted everyone that a intercontinental ballistic missile was inbound, these kind of stories really aren't that juicy anymore >

Why would any medical practice TEXT a patient their terminal prognosis?  This looks like an inside hack to me.  Someone doesn’t like their job and just needlessly ruined strangers peace at Christmas. >

They didn't. It was intended as an internal message, something like, 'can you get form x for the above patient who has aggressive lung cancer'   people just worried they were the 'above patient' when the text was sent to them, especially one waiting on lung cancer results. >

Is there another article about this? The linked one in the post didn't say that. >

Thanks, it is as you say. I suppose people saw a text from their clinic saying 'lung cancer' and stopped reading in detail. >

Except for you John. You actually do. >

I’ll take socialized medicine even if it means getting this email every holiday. >

Can’t believe the liberals want to replace “merry Christmas!” With “you have aggressive lung cancer”. They have crossed a line >

One of the reasons I know I'm going to hell is that I burst into uncontrollable laughter at this headline. >

Hard same. See you there! o7 >

If this happened here in the USA, they would be sued for it probably within a day or two. >

Why though, bad but genuine mistake, not sure how it would entitle someone to money >

I think there has to be some damage to be entitled to money, and there is a difference between being hurt and being damaged. But I'm not a lawyer. >

Moral of the story, don’t use tech if you aren’t sure how to use it. >

Why is that even a text option? >

I would hate to be the person that got the "Merry Christmas" text... >

I can’t believe this isn’t from The Onion. >

Really tough for the people who have aggressive lung cancer.
"It was sent in error.... actually..." >

You have aggrssive lung cancer, and a happy new year! >

Understandable the two are pretty close on the keyboard. >

Was the practice run by American administrators? Last time we went in, they forgot to send in tests to the lab for a week. Still charged us $500 or so though. >

At family dinner I can't tell the two apart either. >

Waltuh. You have aggressive lung cancer waltuh >

As someone who has sent out the wrong email or text in bulk to customers before, I both understand how this happened and gained a newfound appreciation for how completely unimportant my work is. No one's ever going to worry they're dying if I fuck up. >

Why is it even medically/politically possible to use text/e-mail for telling someone they have a life threatening health issue? Should be done in person by GP or other. >

Seems like this is something that'd be sent after a diagnosis was given. Sort of akin to the messages I get from my doctors or insurance asking me to fill out forms. They'd get a message to fill these out at home to either print out and bring into the office on the next visit or fill out and submit online. I'm sure it's possible to fill them out in the office as well, but there could be some items on the form that require information the patient doesn't have on them at the time. >

"Joke, you don't. See, things aren't THAT bad, are they?" >

When you hit CC all on the wrong damn draft... >

This is my doctors. Most people realised it was an error, no one was angry, apart from one arse, with a big house and no money, who sold the story. >

Maybe they thought it was April Fool's day? >

Oops, that wasn't supposed to be sent to all. >

Guy who received a message from them wishing him a very Merry Christmas:
'Ah, fuck'. >

The people responsible for sacking those responsible for the erroneous message, have been sacked.
Time to bring in the llamas. >

Happy last Christmas. We are very sorry. We would have said, feel better, but it would have been so mean. So, bye.. >

And here I thought dumping your ex or firing someone over text is peak ahole.  XD >

That’s a hell of a typo >

Fake news. That's my doctor practice and I received a Merry Christmas text from them. 
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