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Old 09-03-2019, 10:42 AM
 
Location: SW Florida
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I'm in my mid-40's and just decided to quit going to the gyno. I've been married forever, don't need birth control, and I am certainly past my childbearing years. I'm not declared "at risk" for any female health issues either.

I don't get the mammo every year either although my insurance pays for it. I've had a few already which were totally normal. I'll go every couple years. Again, I don't advise this for everyone, but I am not at risk and I'm in excellent health. However, I wold certainly get one if something was off.

I do see my primary care doc every year for a physical and any boosters I may need.
I was 55 and there was no history of breast cancer in my family. Diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer after a routine mammogram followed by a breast ultrasound. All my previous mammograms were normal although I had "dense" breasts. If I were you I wouldn't skip mammograms entirely.

 
Old 09-03-2019, 10:44 AM
 
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I was 55 and there was no history of breast cancer in my family. Diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer after a routine mammogram followed by a breast ultrasound. All my previous mammograms were normal although I had "dense" breasts. If I were you I wouldn't skip mammograms entirely.
Shh, certain people here will tell you that you got breast cancer because you had mammograms.
 
Old 09-03-2019, 10:56 AM
 
Location: California
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Um, they DO...well, at least mine always have. Before every invasive test my provider has either explained potential risks of the procedure or handed me literature about it. Doesn't your provider require you to sign an informed consent form? Mine does. But then I have this bad habit...when someone suggests a diagnostic test I haven't had before I ask about possible complications first. Usually they beat me to the draw.
When I went to Urgent Care I was required to electronically sign four unread documents so I asked for paper copies to read while I waited. The girl slammed the copier around and protested that it is an electronic office so people no longer get paper copies. Yikes, they can quickly change any part of any document without the patient knowing it! When I did get to read the docs, I discovered that I had unknowingly given consent to data mine my info to non-government, unregulated companies who make money off my information. It doesn't seem fair that they have all the advantage and keep us in the dark about risks and who they really sell our information to for their profit.
 
Old 09-03-2019, 11:00 AM
 
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Can't the health insurance company force you to have screenings - is not having regular screenings a cause for cancellation of one's policy? I was just wondering about that.

I've never heard of this happening, and I don't think it would be a new initiative by the insurance companies. You have the right to refuse any care or screening that you decide you do not want. Now, if you leave the hospital against medical advice, sometimes insurance will not pay for the stay, but they don't cancel policies due to lack of screening.
 
Old 09-03-2019, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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Originally Posted by Heidi60 View Post
When I went to Urgent Care I was required to electronically sign four unread documents so I asked for paper copies to read while I waited. The girl slammed the copier around and protested that it is an electronic office so people no longer get paper copies. Yikes, they can quickly change any part of any document without the patient knowing it! When I did get to read the docs, I discovered that I had unknowingly given consent to data mine my info to non-government, unregulated companies who make money off my information. It doesn't seem fair that they have all the advantage and keep us in the dark about risks and who they really sell our information to for their profit.
I think I saw a rep from you about not using a D.O. We have many excellent D.O's in my area and I use both Integrative Md and DO. A DO found the answer to 10 yrs of depression back in the 90's. He knew his work and years of medicine from his time. He was still working in his 90's, PT but still available to his longtime patients. I avoid allopathic MD's. They lost me a long time ago.
 
Old 09-03-2019, 11:13 AM
 
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I put off dental X-rays as long as humanly possible. I just hate the idea of any form of (even slight) radiation, let alone near my head...

You might want to stop flying also if you don't like radiation. The amount of radiation you are exposed to with dental Xrays is about the same as a two hour flight.
 
Old 09-03-2019, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania/Maine
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"Screenings" are the cash cow of the failed conventional medical system.
 
Old 09-03-2019, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Oregon
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You might want to stop flying also if you don't like radiation. The amount of radiation you are exposed to with dental Xrays is about the same as a two hour flight.
Quite aware thank you. We all pick our poisons though, don't we?
 
Old 09-03-2019, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Upstate NY 🇺🇸
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I didn`t know that you could stop test after a certain age. Are you over 100.?
Apparently, you're under the mistaken impression that the patient isn't the boss with respect to testing.
 
Old 09-03-2019, 02:37 PM
 
Location: A safe distance from San Francisco
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Quite aware thank you. We all pick our poisons though, don't we?
Not to mention that there is no way to make a direct comparison between those two scientifically. Even if we suppose that the total amounts of radiation are equal (and there are way too many variables to establish that as broad-brush fact), the effect of receiving it all in a millisecond zap to a very localized area would logically be far different than for the same total exposure over 2 hours to the entire body. I'd put my money on the flight being much safer without hesitation.

Those kinds of comparisons are marketing tools dreamed up to support industry agenda and are useless.
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