New Mammo guidelines? - Page 2

maestra · ‎03-09-2010

I have to wonder what stage my breast cancer that I am currently treating would be if I had waited a year, according to the guidelines? My mammo caught mine early; there is no previous breast cancer in my family history, and I am over 60.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@Winkk wrote:
@151949 wrote:
I feel this is nothing but the insurance companies getting their way once again - at the cost of women's health. They don't want to pay for so many mammos now that the vast majority of women get them yearly.

When I first heard this I thought the same thing. It's all about money. Everything is about money.

They are saying women will be able to make their own choice - bullfeathers! The insurance company is going to make the choice not us.

PINKdogWOOD · ‎05-13-2010

@Winkk It does seem to be all about minsurance money however I am lucky to be able to do my annual mamo and have it fully covered by my insurance.

If we women followed any of the guidelines anyone puts ot there, some of us would be dead from breast and/or lymphnode cancer before we even turn 45.

What another ridiculous new set of guideline to put out there for women to follow. And why are we revisiting these again? I certainly don't get it. But I DO get my mamo exams done - annually.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@Winkk wrote:
@151949 wrote:
I feel this is nothing but the insurance companies getting their way once again - at the cost of women's health. They don't want to pay for so many mammos now that the vast majority of women get them yearly.

When I first heard this I thought the same thing. It's all about money. Everything is about money.

I agree, too. It seems insurance companies are the ones calling the shots more and more when it comes to health care. God forbid they'd have to pay for a woman's mammo every year, but they can cover the cost of a man's "little helper" month after month. Women die from breast cancer but a man won't die if he doesn't have "that" experience.

PamelaSue72 · ‎09-22-2011

Wow. Since I do have a family history of breast cancer -- my great grandmother, several aunts, and several cousins on my mom's side as well as two aunts from my dad's side of the family, I'll continue to have mammograms every year.

cookie16 · ‎02-21-2012

I too had a yearly mammo beginning at 45. I went each year, a day or so from my previous . As usual, at 55 I went for my mammo and found out I had two different cancers in right breast. Surgery, chemo and radiation followed. I did not have any lumps but rather two masses. I am 14 years from that rough time and consider myself so lucky that I went yearly. I was stage 1. No family history. No one can tell me that I did not need a yearly mammo. As you said, what stage would I have been diagnosed at if I didn't go yearly. Best of luck to you and know there are brighter days ahead.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@PamelaSue72 wrote:
Wow. Since I do have a family history of breast cancer -- my great grandmother, several aunts, and several cousins on my mom's side as well as two aunts from my dad's side of the family, I'll continue to have mammograms every year.

I was informed they only label it "family history" if your Mother, your maternal aunt or your sister have breast or ovarian cancer.

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

I get chills when I see where posters had cancer detected on their very first mammo.

Did I get the story right that they say the doctor doesn't need to perform a breast exam on you?

And.....

Had anyone been told that after a certain age and no prior issues, you don't need a PAP done every year, but every 2 or 3 years?

MaggieMack · ‎10-01-2014

@Lucky Charm wrote:
I get chills when I see where posters had cancer detected on their very first mammo.

Did I get the story right that they say the doctor doesn't need to perform a breast exam on you?

And.....

Had anyone been told that after a certain age and no prior issues, you don't need a PAP done everyy year, but every 2 or 3 years?

I just had my annual gyn exam today, and the doc told me I would have an exam next year but not a Pap smear. Apparently, she said if you haven't gotten cervical cancer by the time you're 65, the odds of getting it are slim. Still having yearly breast exams and mammos, tho.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

@MaggieMack wrote:
@Lucky Charm wrote:
I get chills when I see where posters had cancer detected on their very first mammo.

Did I get the story right that they say the doctor doesn't need to perform a breast exam on you?

And.....

Had anyone been told that after a certain age and no prior issues, you don't need a PAP done everyy year, but every 2 or 3 years?

I just had my annual gyn exam today, and the doc told me I would have an exam next year but not a Pap smear. Apparently, she said if you haven't gotten cervical cancer by the time you're 65, the odds of getting it are slim. Still having yearly breast exams and mammos, tho.

Thanks MaggieMack. I won't miss the PAP, that's for sure. I always said, I could do a mammo every day of the week, but boy do I hate the PAP.