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[Judaline]

But what could it hurt to have the Lifeline screening?

[San Antonio Gal]

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@BunSnoop wrote:

@CelticCrafter wrote:

If your doctor won't or did not to suggest why would you have it done?

I'm sure if you doctor felt it necessary they would have ordered it themselves.

@CelticCrafter , sometimes you need to be your own advocate.  My doctor did not order a preventive heart scan but I had one done on my own based on the information I read in a brochure in the outpatient diagnostic imaging department.   The results came back and I was referred to a cardiologist.   Doctors don't normally order the scan because it's not covered by Medicare.  I don't care whether or not Medicare covers it - I only want what's best for me.   If I had not been an advocate for myself, I never would be under the care that I am now of a cardiologist and receiving the treatment plan he prescribed for me.    Sometimes you have to take things into your own hands.

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Good thing you had it done on your own @BunSnoop .  Why did you delete your original post?