| Lung cancer is deadly. The earlier you diagnose and | | | | follow-up and x-rays, you might have the basis for a |
| treat it, the better off you'll be- hopefully.Depending | | | | case.)8. What is your prognosis? (What do the |
| upon the type of cancer and when it's diagnosed, will | | | | doctors think about your survivability and the |
| determine your treatment options and survivability. | | | | treatment still available to you?9. Are you a |
| Believe it or not, you don't have to smoke to get | | | | smoker?10. What type of cancer have you been |
| lung cancer. There's second hand smoke, there's | | | | diagnosed with?Then, with all of that information, I |
| carcinogen's in our environment, and our work | | | | must obtain your medical records, x-rays, CAT scans, |
| environments may have something to do with it.As a | | | | and other information, and have a medical expert |
| lawyer, when a client comes to me wondering if their | | | | (preferrably a pulmonary specialist) review your |
| lung cancer could have been detected earlier, I need | | | | records.This expert will determine whether the |
| to know the following important answers:1. Were you | | | | standards of care in New York were breached, and if |
| under the care of an internist, or any physician, during | | | | so, whether those departures from good care |
| the time you believe you should have been | | | | caused and contributed to your injuries. All of those |
| diagnosed?2. Did you make any complaints to your | | | | elements must be present in order to start a lawsuit |
| doctor that should have warranted a chest x-ray?3. | | | | on your behalf. If any one of those elements is |
| Does anyone in your family have a history of cancer, | | | | missing, it is impossible to prosecute a case for |
| especially lung cancer?4. What type of lung cancer | | | | you.Attorney Oginski has been in practice for 17 |
| were you diagnosed with?5. What stage of lung | | | | years as a trial lawyer practicing exclusively in the |
| cancer were you diagnosed with? | | | | State of New York. Having his own law firm, he is |
| (The stages are typically from Stage 0 to Stage IV, | | | | able to provide the utmost in personalized, |
| with IV being the most severe and deadly.)6. How | | | | individualized attention to each and every client. In |
| much time went by from when you believe you | | | | our office, a client is not a file number. Client's are |
| should have been diagnosed, until the actual diagnosis | | | | always treated with the respect they deserve and |
| was made?7. Did you ask your treating cancer | | | | expect from a professional. Mr. Oginski is always |
| specialist (an oncologist) if your outcome would be | | | | aware of every aspect of a client's case from start |
| different if the cancer had been detected 'x' years | | | | to finish.Gerry represents injured people in injury |
| ago? | | | | cases and medical malpractice matters in Brooklyn, |
| (This is very important, since different types of | | | | Queens, New York City, the Bronx, Staten Island, |
| cancer have different growth patterns. Some are | | | | Nassau and Suffolk Counties. You can reach him at or |
| slow growing, and some are fast growing. If you | | | | 516-487-8207. All inquiries are free and totally |
| have a slow growing tumor, and had made | | | | confidential. |
| complaints that suggested the need for further | | | | |