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[db]

I am on Medicare and you can only get a yearly mammogram which means that it is one year and a day every year that you are eligible to get a mammogram.  I would love to have all my physicals, gyn/mammograms,  dental checkups, etc in the spring(March)  instead of November.  Have any of you lovely ladies ever just delayed all of your appts out say three to four months so that you can do what I described?  Thanks for your thoughts.

[151949]

Sure, why not? Just make your appt. for when you want them.

[January121]

I can't see why not ..... talk to your doctor & your insurance company to be 100% sure.

[kaydee50]

Of course.  I tend to go every 18 months.  Don't really see a need for a yearly physical if you're in good health.

[vermint]

I'm like that, too...and do what I can to facilitate it! I like my gyno a lot, but the reason I chose him in the first place is they have on-site mammo and I can have that done before I see him.

[Trix]

@db, You should convey to your doctors the plan to have all medical check ups in the spring.  With regard to the mammogram-- unless there is a medical issue going on, I cannot imagine that the doctor would say that would not be ok to delay the November appointment until spring. 

[Imadickens]

😳 Uh, yep...I went four years in between my last two mamos! I'm due now, actually!🙄 I understand exactly what you mean! When I worked it was easier to do it all over the summer, but I was already at the end of August, so I either had to wait nearly an extra year or fit it into my work schedule! I waited three extra months a few times until I was on the schedule I wanted! How stupid! One a year is one a year! Why does it matter how far apart they are?

[HerRoyaLioness]

When I had my yearly physical in December 2012, my dr told me to make sure and get my mammogram and I said I"ll schedule it for the next year and she said no, don't delay it, you are due for it now, so I had it done then, only because she said I should.  I wasn't worried about it.

I had triple negative breast cancer, Stage II, grade 3.  It hit me like a ton of bricks.  This type is particularly aggressive and fast growing and I don't know where I would be today had I not gotten that mammogram when I did.  Neither the dr or I had felt any lump.

This is not to scare you, but this is just what happened to me - I couldn't help but respond when I read this thread. 

Wishing you the best. 

[Laura14]

Yes.  BCBS fought with my local providers and decided to pull coverage on the day I was scheduled to get all my checkups.  They ended up settling at midnight but not before I had to cancel the appointment.  I couldn't get back in for two months.  Now, I have all my appointments around the holidays and I hate it.   

[Gooday]

Yes. I have the same restriction and I am not on Medicare and it cannot be coded as a screening either or the insurance will not pay.
I had a biopsy a few years back so, my PCP codes it as diagnostic/post biopsy.