Posted on 02/16/2014 12:50:25 PM PST by Kaslin
Yes. Men who carry one of the BRCA mutations have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer, too, as well as prostate and other types of cancer. There's a 50% chance that their children will inherit it.
That explains much, all my aunts died of multiple issues in their late 80-90;s, it was their daughters who developed BC, years apart, and their daughters some have the gene some don’t, even if they do not have the gene themselves, can it be passed on to their daughters when they have them, they are just at that age to start families.
She had that too, I just forgot about it. Then the MRI, you are dealing with a women’s health center, and they all have differing methods.
No the FCBD pain has been a factor in my life since I was 12, I was wearing a 34DD then. I was not over weight either. The FMS just aggravates it, that I did not develop until my late 40’s, and I’d already had 2 mammos before then the old crank down style. And the pain was just as bad.
I do know that I was border line Hypothyroid since I hit 20, they did not start treating it until I was in my 40’s when it really took a nose dive, the internist always under dosed too. Which is why I now have am ENDO, better care.
My current internist is running unneeded T panels I did not know he was. Jan’s visit I got a call from his nurse, your T panel is high, and he wants a Radioactive Thyroid scan done. BELLS, ROCKETS, WHISTLES go off, he has never touched my thyroid, never asked the questions the ENDO ask, nor did he look up any new meds on my chart. I had 1 new one I’d been on 2 months from the Gastro Levsin S/l. Took me all of a minute with Google search to pull up lots of pages stating it runs your synthroid intake up. I had also told him I saw my ENDO first week of March. There is no reason for him to run T panels, I see the ENDO frequently enough, and he has never felt the need for such a scan.
What is the need 4every 3 months chest x rays and EKG if I have no health history for lungs or heart issues? My BP runs just a little below norm. Cholesterol is under control, with diet. Heart attack risk is under a full point of avg. I’ve passed my stress test.
Medicare/Tricare Life make no exceptions! Rationed health care, that gets less each year under 0’care.
I had no health ins for years, and ins when I was younger is not what we have become spoiled too. Nor was it much when I entered the work force.
No lump should go with out at least a needle biopsy.
I lost my step dad to lung cancer discovered to late, even though he was getting lung xrays every 3 months.
I have the back from H, and no 2 MRI’s have every read the same I’ve had quite a few. U get one every time they do a nerve block, which don’t work worth a hoot.
From what I understand non genetic has a higher rate than genetic does. Same goes for blacks they are more prone to BC.
Obamacare is about not paying for care so of course they want women to back off getting care.
I don't know. That sounds like too many x rays and tests. But, maybe your doctor is worried about the hypothyroidism possibly causing heart damage.
According to what the genetics counselors told me, anyone who has the mutation can pass it on. But, it can't be passed on by someone who doesn't have it.
The study is from canada . They have socialized medicine . Rationing .
I thank The Lord I had my mammograms yearly , only wish my mother had .
It shows that a regular physical examination will result in just as low a mortality rate.
No “ physical exam “ would have found mine .
What is your point?
Get a mammogram .
The outcome will be the same either way.
Nope .
Whatever.
Just keeping it real. People should make their own healthcare decisions absent government intervention and/or coercion.
That depends - every case is different. I didn't have a mammogram, and I found the lump myself - already stage two. It's possible the mammogram wouldn't have caught it, but I often wonder: Suppose it had?
Soon afterward, one of my relatives had a mammogram, and the cancer was caught at Stage 0.
Jwalsh07 found a link to a report on flaws in this study. See post # 78 above.
I saw that and clicked on the link. The font made it unreadable. I have also read that it was a very good study, 25 years long, 900+ subjects. The fact that it was done in Canada is meaningless. The fact that Canada has socialized medicine is meaningless.
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