Dr. Charles Berkelhammer
Southwest Center
9921 Southwest Hwy
Oak Lawn, IL, United States
60453
9921 Southwest Hwy
Oak Lawn, IL, United States
60453
No Phone Number Provided
http://www.southwestgastro.com
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Insurance accepted by this Doctor
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Aetna
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Cigna
Coventry Healthcare
- Coventry Health Care
Humana
Medicare
MultiPlan
Dr. Berkelhammer performed a colonoscopy on me in April 2021. Before the colonoscopy, I told Dr. Berkelhammer I thought I had colon cancer because of my unexplained weight loss, abdominal distension and pain, anemia, change in bowel habits, diarrhea, and black stools. After the colonoscopy, Dr. Berkelhammer said definitively that there was no cancer. He did not explain why I was experiencing symptoms of colon cancer, and he did not address the symptoms. In October 2021, I had emergency surgery for cecal volvulus. When the surgeon removed the twisted part of the colon, he found a malignant tumor, which caused the cecal volvulus, inside the twisted part. I have stage 4 cancer. After surgery I got sepsis and almost died. I suffered severe physical, mental, and emotional pain while hospitalized. If Dr. Berkelhammer had found the tumor, I could have avoided the cecal volvulus surgery, the subsequent complications, and much pain and suffering.
Submitted June 6, 2022