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To clarify, it is usually recommended to still have pap smears if you had a partial hysterectomy (only the uterus removed).
I have to say that depends pretty much on who is doing the recommendations. Almost every women I know stopped having them, with their doctors approval after early 60s. If your insurance will cover them and you feel better nothing wrong with having them, but colonoscopies can actually carry a certain amount of danger with them after 75.
Some doctors won’t do colonoscopies after age 70 because your lining thins and there is more risk of infection. People often die if their colon is perforated due to infection.
My friend had a heart valve replaced and ended up with a heart infections resulting in a lengthy hospital stay and still on many meds after several years. I did a little research and found that it of those who do get a heart infection from the valve replacement, some do not survive. Another friend had a lung biopsy which was only supposed to be a 6 hour procedure but instead spent 6 days in the hospital because they damaged her lung.
I wish the medical community would inform patients of all the risks before invading us. As a prior posters said, we should work together for better outcomes, not for profits, and make choices that are right for our own situations.
They do inform patients of the potential risks of medical procedures before they are done. Did you ever hear of consent forms that patients sign prior to procedures or surgery? Of course it's up to the patient to actually read these forms before signing them to get that information.
And I can attest that before the last two surgeries I had ( not that I have had that many), the doctor doing the surgery went over the risks of the surgery, and answered questions I had during the pre- op office visit.
My youngest child is now 14, so protocol may have changed, but when I had my babies, the standard was ONE ultrasound at 19-20 weeks. Not multiple routine ultrasounds, unless there is reason to think something is wrong.
I did have one extra ultrasound early on in my second pregnancy when I experienced some cramping and pain on one side. They wanted to rule out an ectopic pregnancy; fortunately it was just a cyst.
Mine are are 35 and 40. As I said, the ONLY reason I had a sonogram in between them was when my OB suspected an ectopic. My grandsons are 5, 3, and 6 months. It was routine for my daughter and DIL to have a sonogram every few weeks/months without suspecting any complications, which they did not have. All were normal births.
Some doctors won’t do colonoscopies after age 70 because your lining thins and there is more risk of infection. People often die if their colon is perforated due to infection.
This happened to my aunt. At the age of 78 she had one and 2 months later she had an appendicitis... they said. Eventually we got out of the gastro that it was a small perforation that was leaking. She had to have a follow up surgery and basically cut out that section.
Good to know though that there is a difference after 70
I know 2 young people in their 40s, just starting to make names for themselves in their areas of business, who died of colon cancer.
Their older family members, 50s and 60s, went in for colonoscopy based upon their sibling/child, diagnosed with early colon cancer and are doing well today.
Another friend from our water aerobics class, probably 75, just diagnosed with breast cancer from her mammogram (that her PCP said she no longer needed)
All it took was one injection in a clinic and I was laid out for months and still dealing with the complications from a needle and I had the injections before but all it took was the wrong one and a horrible staph infection hit me.
That happens when antiseptic protocols are not followed. You are the exception, rather than the rule
And, if I remember correctly (and I'll bet that I did), in one of your posts you said that your doctor no longer practiced because of many instances of infection
I'm sorry, you were just unlucky. Don't you think that it's time to get over it and quit posting about it????
That happens when antiseptic protocols are not followed. You are the exception, rather than the rule
And, if I remember correctly (and I'll bet that I did), in one of your posts you said that your doctor no longer practiced because of many instances of infection
I'm sorry, you were just unlucky. Don't you think that it's time to get over it and quit posting about it????
No you are not correct he is very much still practicing and is a D.O. but I've not done anymore injections. And I have no clue about how many infections from injections people end up with, probably plenty. I had good success from a few starting over 10 yrs ago. Now my knee is so improving by other means.
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