Joan Rivers: Unplanned Biopsy Leads to Death?

 

Last week I wrote about Joan River’s death and that I was concerned things didn’t seem as they appeared. For those of you who follow me on Facebook, you’ve seen the discussions in a more detailed light. I found it very odd for Joan  at her age to go to care facility outside of a hospital for any procedure that would involve knocking her out. And the fact that she did it raised my eyebrows high as Joan is known as the queen of cosmetic surgery.

To hear the latest news that in the middle of a “supposed” routine endoscopy that her doctor took a biopsy which was considered a no-no by qualified experts in the field because it was outside of a hospital setting strongly hints to me that there was more going on then we’ve been told and may ever be told.

I find it interesting in the earliest reports by people who knew Joan that no one said she went in for a routine endoscopy. No one.

No one would use the word endoscopy which was striking to me!

Even Deborah Norville talked AROUND the word “endoscopy” on 20/20 last week. She couldn’t say it!  She said, “a diagnostic procedure … [to] see why her voice had gotten raspy.”  It sure would have been a lot easier to say “endoscopy,” wouldn’t it?

I scoured the news reports last week when Joan was in the hospital and all of the people who knew her said she was going in for “throat surgery” or “vocal cord surgery”–which cannot be confused with endoscopy. If they thought she went in for a routine endoscopy, they would have said so.

I suspect they knew beforehand what Joan was doing and I suspect Joan knew what she was going to happen as well.

And now to read news reports that say the doctor “discovered”, took a “surprise”, “unplanned” biopsy…well, I’m not buying it.

A doctor doing an endoscopy would tell Joan that it makes no sense to do an endoscopy outside of the hospital setting because with medical protocol  he or she would be unable to take a biopsy should it be needed.  That’s only logical, right?

While Joan may not have signed on the dotted line (which could have happened for many reasons), I don’t think this procedure that was “unplanned” was “unknown” to Joan.  I suspect she had nodules on her vocal cords as many have suspected, wanted them removed at all costs, and was willing to find whoever could do it for her, and she did.  It just sadly cost her her life.

Any other way things simply don’t add up — at least with what we’ve been told so far in the media.

(Sorry about the video and text alignment above. I am unable to fix it. There is a technical glitch that I have been unable to resolve that is causing this).

16 replies
  1. Paul Flanagan
    Paul Flanagan says:

    Why do you analyze reporters such as Deborah Norville? Isn’t it second hand? I understand friends, family, and her doctors not using the word “endoscopy”, they’re being deceptive, but what does a reporter have to do with it? She could be wrong and not know it. We’re not looking for deception in a reporter, right? Yeah, I don’t buy the “surprise” either.

  2. remi
    remi says:

    Joan wasn’t gonna get old without a fight. She just flat out wasn’t having it and she didn’t hide it. She would be telling the truth about it now if she hadn’t died from it. I loved her. She was a rare person in that she really didn’t hide her faults. She would apologize for whatever & keep on being Joan. The world is a little darker without her for sure. Can’t say that about to many people.

    • Keith D.
      Keith D. says:

      I think you’re right about at least some of that. I never really clicked with Joan Rivers, but I do agree she broke ground for a lot of women in the industry as many have said (she and Lucille Ball), and that she always just kept on being Joan. The rest isn’t something I can really agree or disagree with you about because I never paid much attention to her.

      And even though I never really spent time watching her or knowing anything about her or her work, I can still relate to how you felt about her because I felt much the same about Robin Williams. Different people, but that proximal shared experience still gives me a good sense of where you’re coming from. I’m sorry for your loss. 🙁

      • remi
        remi says:

        Im trying to think of who comes into the same class as Robin Williams and I’m not finding anyone. His talents were immeasurable, his heart so big, and I’m sure he had no choice but to be an entertainer. So hard to pick a favorite, but I loved him in the Bird cage w/Nathan Lane. What’s one of your favorites?

  3. remi
    remi says:

    Joan wasn’t gonna get old without a fight. She just flat out wasn’t having it and she didn’t hide it. She would be telling the truth about it now if she hadn’t died from it. I loved her. She was a rare person in that she really didn’t hide her faults. She would apologize for whatever & keep on being Joan. The world is a little darker without her for sure. Can’t say that about to many people.

    • Keith D.
      Keith D. says:

      I think you’re right about at least some of that. I never really clicked with Joan Rivers, but I do agree she broke ground for a lot of women in the industry as many have said (she and Lucille Ball), and that she always just kept on being Joan. The rest isn’t something I can really agree or disagree with you about because I never paid much attention to her.

      And even though I never really spent time watching her or knowing anything about her or her work, I can still relate to how you felt about her because I felt much the same about Robin Williams. Different people, but that proximal shared experience still gives me a good sense of where you’re coming from. I’m sorry for your loss. 🙁

      • remi
        remi says:

        Im trying to think of who comes into the same class as Robin Williams and I’m not finding anyone. His talents were immeasurable, his heart so big, and I’m sure he had no choice but to be an entertainer. So hard to pick a favorite, but I loved him in the Bird cage w/Nathan Lane. What’s one of your favorites?

  4. Brent
    Brent says:

    It brings you down to Earth and the reality of the risks we may be taking with our own lives.
    An older patient, being sedated – high risk in itself? Is there the care available in case something goes wrong?

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