New mammogram guidelines from the government panel of doctors

http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/healthteam/story/6431621/

My Mom just had a mastectomy last week. My Grandmother had one as well. Guess the government says I'll be fine as I'm only 45.

...delete delete delete... :evil:

 

of course wait till you're 45 if you are high risk. Seems logical to me. :?

 

They say women between 50 and 74 should get a mammo every other year. I get my girls checked every March, like clockwork! Screw the government. :cheers:

 

i just had the girls squished last week - ouch!!!!

 

Forget the government! I had a lump almost 2 years ago. Kept complaining of chest pain until someone actually believed me. URGHH. Hate the oh, you're too young speech. However, lump was located between 2 nerves & what was causing the intense pain. Removed, no problems since & it was benigned. Now, I'm 37 and am told to go now every 2 years to get checked just in case. I know too many other women in their 30's & 40's. I wouldn't wait and am really saddened teh government guidelines are saying this now. Hope not toomany pay attention to them.

Stephanie--mom to 7

 

Thank a Democrat next time you see one.

 

dang you lost again?

 

No not this time.... :cheers:

 

"International guidelines also call for screening to start at age 50; the World Health Organization recommends the test every two years, Britain says every three years."

this was surprising to me from the previously quoted source but some of the info they quoted was kinda scary too, about women getting unnecessary biopsies, etc., Just like everything else in our lives, what used to be good for you is now bad for you - forget all the studies, common sense is the one thing that rules.

 

oh lovely, we are discussing breast cancer and you want to throw politics into it, did you actually read the whole quoted post? Oh yeah, i forgot you are a man

 

no not a man thing... its a gov. directive telling you when its necessary to be tested and checked out according to their Dr's. and specialist...

thats all... :cheers:

 

My first surgically removed lump was at 27. It was benign, thank God.

My health insurance provider allows for 1 free mammogram every 12 months. When the government steps in and make statements like this, my fear is that health insurance providers will adjust their coverage accordingly.

 

We need to stand up and shout about this, and make them back down. The same controversy has been raging over prostate cancer screening for years, and based on the same twisted logic. Yes, early detection saves lives, but screening produces a lot of false positives that scare people until further testing and diagnosis resolves the issue. So is that a reason to cut back on screening tests? I think people whose cancer could have been found at an early, curable state might not appreciate that logic if they wait to get diagnosed after the cancer spreads. Seriously, I don't even know where to begin, but I guess letters to Congress and maybe letters to the editor of newspapers would be one way to make ourselves heard.

 

This is exactly what I was thinking when I heard this on the news yesterday. One person's life is more valuable than another????? I was horrified listening to them talk. :?

 

My biological fathers mother died from breast cancer, my OBGYN says I should get my first mamo at 35....

 

We have a family history of breast cancer so I started getting mammograms well before I turned 40, and I get one every year. I certainly hope the insurance companies don't change now because of this.

 

Dollars to donuts they will. It's obviously not about what is best for the patient.

 

:iagree: Darn government! Why do they have to try to 'fix' things that are just fine!

 

On the news reports they say this new finding only applys to those who don't have any family history of cancer.

 

Wow. How is history made in the first place?