My mother died because she had a normal mammogram. Her doctor told her she could stop worrying about the lump in her breast because the test was normal.
We know that the mammogram helps some and does some harm to others. What we should be doing is figuring out how to identify the two groups.
I had one who told me ovarian cysts were normal and I should quit complaining about the pain.
I went to another doctor. He had me in surgery in six weeks.
Too much damage had been done by my prior doc's cranial rectal inversion to be totally corrected but at least I didn't die.
I’m sorry, but your mother died because she believed her doctor, not just because of a mammo.
The same thing happened to me, same exact thing. “oh it’s a benign cyst” Yeah, like you know!!!! You don’t know! I wanted that thing OUT of my body, so went to a surgeon and it was cancer. Liars. I don’t allow my drs to treat me with “i think....”
I’m really sorry you lost your mom though. God bless.
The radiologist who saw the first images of my lung cancer told me it was probably just pneumonia, which I was already being treated for, but he also said it was important for me to follow up immediately with an oncologist, to be sure.
I followed his advice.
The doctor who diagnosed my lung cancer told me to write out my will, go home, and wait for death.
I ignored his advice.
The doctor who treated my lung cancer insisted that my world needed to revolve around getting rid of the cancer.
I took his advice.
I’ve been cancer free over six years, and counting.
If the doctor found a lump and dismissed it because of a mammogram without doing a biopsy, he is a quack who should have not only been sued into the poor house, he should have lost his license to practice medicine.
Move to MRI’s 100% accurate, painless, no false positives.
Mammos are cheap which is why they push them. You cannot deny they are a positive step, but should not be the sole testing method, especially if your family has a genetic link to BC.
And not all breast cancer patients are genetic linked. And they have to find a way to make them less PAINFUL for women like me. There is NO such thing as a painless Mammo.
Some prescription drugs have a cancer warning on them if you bother to read the print outs.
This applies to Lung Cancer as well, my dad was having chest x rays every 3 months at the VA. They did not find the cancer until it was past treating, it was not a fast growing one. They sent him home with a 6 weeks to live report, and started Hospice, he made 3 months, his heart finally gave out from all the narcotics they had him on. Yes he was a Pall Mall smoker and worked in the Steel Mills for most of his life after his WW 2 six yr stint.
Unless a biopsy is done a doctor cannot tell if a lump is positive for cancer or not.
Many women have bad Fibro Cystic Breast Disease, and we are the ones that most often show up as having lumps and needing Biopsies to prove if they are benign or cancer.
Sounds like the doc was a ill educated idiot.
That is like the internist whose knowledge of Thyroid Diseases would fit in a thimble compared to an Endocrinologist specialist. Which is why I have an ENDO, under dosing by the internist for to many years let it get critical. http://www.acponline.org/patients_families/about_internal_medicine/subspecialties/endocrinology/
Endocrinologists specialize in hormones
Endocrinologists must first complete seven or more years of medical school and postgraduate training and become board certified in Internal Medicine. “Then, for an additional two to three years, they study conditions specific to the endocrine system — tissues and major endocrine glands, including the pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroids, thymus, adrenals, pancreas, ovaries, and testes.”