tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post4141088953692931839..comments2023-05-17T04:11:20.161-07:00Comments on Mammograms and DCIS: Breast Cancer, the truth about mammogramsBert Langleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-91955239359504504742021-07-17T03:17:11.542-07:002021-07-17T03:17:11.542-07:00I was diagnosed of lung cancer in 2018 and I tried...I was diagnosed of lung cancer in 2018 and I tried all possible means to get cure but all to no avail until i saw a post in a health forum about a herbal doctor from Africa who prepare herbal medicine to cure all kind of diseases including herpes virus, at first i doubted if it was real but decided to give him a try, i contacted this herbal doctor and i bought the herbal medicine and received it through FedEx delivery service within 3 days and used it as prescribed, i was cured permanently of lung cancer within 2 weeks and 3 days of usage. 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That is until the last one when the breast tissue still looked normal but two lymph nodes were noted. That prompted an MRI which clearly showed a 5+cm tumor which couldn't even be felt. An US at another office never could see it either. Weird. End of story - neoadjuvent chemo, partial mastectomy (chemo didn't do much) and tumor 6+ cm, stage 3A but only grade 1. BS said she figured it had been there for 10 yrs. I will have my first follow up visits next month and praying that there is nothing else going on. It also ticks me off that I received the same treatment as a friends who had BC (also large) 10 years ago. Yes, where are those billions of dollars raised for BC going? There are a few more drugs developed to treat Stage IV but nothing that I know of for those of us not there yet. I will insist on MRI exams and will never go for a screening mammogram again. So, the take away here is - if you have dense breasts don't settle for a yearly mammogram as it is useless. Density shows up white on the mammo as do the tumors. Therefore they fade into the background and can't be seen. I am going to push this effort as much as I can in the years ahead. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944918250436540986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-86009024118609590472018-06-19T03:13:18.731-07:002018-06-19T03:13:18.731-07:00I have visited to Prima near Jayanagar center. I d...I have visited to Prima near Jayanagar center. I do like their service. They provided the best Package for Health check up.sainathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108793739086054363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-56911787101522561212018-05-10T00:12:31.876-07:002018-05-10T00:12:31.876-07:00Useful Information Good post.
Visit Primadiagnosti...Useful Information Good post.<br />Visit Primadiagnostics.com for best packageRamesh Ramehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863628096335136766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-65809801721006435302018-04-04T23:22:50.585-07:002018-04-04T23:22:50.585-07:00Thank you for sharing this wonderful post, its ver...Thank you for sharing this wonderful post, its very helpful.<br /><a rel="nofollow">Mammography Test</a> is very important.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746348736696193443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-70637078487145526192017-09-24T13:08:27.317-07:002017-09-24T13:08:27.317-07:00Thank you so much for sharing this information and...Thank you so much for sharing this information and I hope you will find other forums to inform men about male breast cancer. I had to narrow my subject down to women and dcis, the most frequent type. Male breast cancer is not as frequent but, like any cancer, it is just as serious once known. I agree with you about fireable offenses. Our whole society is permeated with too much dishonesty and it should be discouraged by dealing with at the lowest possible levels.Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-89233547094449507872017-09-24T12:59:10.088-07:002017-09-24T12:59:10.088-07:00Perhaps; it's hard to know. However, MRI is l...Perhaps; it's hard to know. However, MRI is light years more advanced than mammography. I would never trust mammography alone. It detects breast cancer only after DCIS has progressed for a decade or has become only a solid, very visible, Stage 1 tumor. "Hide in calcifications" means the ductal cancer cells have progressed to calcifications.Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-87077437174459077732017-09-17T06:56:47.530-07:002017-09-17T06:56:47.530-07:00In September, 2007, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 D...In September, 2007, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 DCIS. I had chemotherapy following Radical right breast mastectomy, including removal of 17 lymph nodes. This past week I celebrated the 10 year anniversary of my surgery. I am still on Tamoxifen.<br /><br />My breast cancer was self detected following a moderate injury under my right nipple. There is one teeny, tiny difference in my story from those I read here.<br /><br />I was denied even nipple reconstruction <br />Why? I am a man. Period. End. Full stop.<br /><br />My oncologist orders a Mammogram and an MRI annually, six months apart.<br /><br />Men who suffer breast cancer need more involvement in this issue. And a lack of equity and transparency need to be fireable offenses.<br /><br />Thank you for allowing me a platform to speak. Cancer never leaves my life, in spite of my great success. But, at 72, success is relative. <br /><br />MiltAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230319958212619824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-77635712127274498302015-03-12T22:14:18.212-07:002015-03-12T22:14:18.212-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890669551930662929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-18910126911772772342015-01-23T14:32:29.541-08:002015-01-23T14:32:29.541-08:00Thank you for your comment. We all need to share ...Thank you for your comment. We all need to share our stories and help each other. I am sorry for your distress and discomfort and am glad you shared it here where other women (21,000 so far) can read it.<br /><br />I should go back and mention lymphedema in my story. Fortunately, I had no lymph node involvement. When you do have it, the removal of cancerous lymph nodes can cause the lymphatic system to not "flush" as it is supposed to do and the fluid buildup can cause a great deal of swelling in the arm. Then you have to wear a tight sleeve and take other measures to lessen the swelling.<br /> <br />I have also heard that you cannot radiate the same area twice. I was advised to have a mastectomy, then follow with Tamoxifen for 5 yrs. instead of chemo or radiation. <br /><br />I also know that roughly one-third of lumpectomies recur at some point. However, I think that is largely due to the fact that mammograms "detect" cancerous calcifications or tumors only after they've been present a long time. In other words, there has already been too much cellular activity going on. We all must research and look out for ourselves.<br /><br />IF! you have a recurrence, however (yes, I keep using "however"), MRI would detect if as early as POSSIBLE. <br /><br />I think what the doctor meant is that radiation would not (statically speaking) extend your life at this point more than not having the radiation. All of these things have been carefully calculated. I commend you for getting involved and for recommending that others do it, too. I wish I had written my story for you to read much earlier, but I wasn't diagnosed until late 2008. My best to you. Please keep me posted.<br /><br />Katherine Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-60636203302006807162015-01-23T11:29:44.365-08:002015-01-23T11:29:44.365-08:00I had a very similiar experience with 10 years of ...I had a very similiar experience with 10 years of dont worry its just microcalcifications to DCIS, surgery. I elected to have lumpectomy after an excrutiating biopsy that was archaic- at a well known Breast Center top hospital. I did tons of research on DCIS online and read blogs and books, pushing my surgery out a few weeks so i could make good decisions. I 65 last year when i had surgery. They also dont tell you about lymphedema, which can be a horrible by product of removing lymphnodes, but better than having cancer. I had to have breast physical therapy to kerp it from turning into a rock, but its ok now. My well regarded surgeon insisted i do radiation , so more research led me to leading DCIS expert dr michael lagios. I paid him to look at my path. slides and make a recommendation. He said at my age 65, it would be statiscally insignificant to do it, and that once you do it, you cant do it again! Instead he rec. alternating breast MRI with mammogram ev 6 months, so i go Jan/June for checkups. My surgeon said it was a mistake and i would be back in her office again. Two of my drs said they were glad i had chosen no rads bec of complications down the road. Do not support the Pink war on breadt cancer, it is a cruel money joke. Take a look at a blog called chrisbeatscancer for his take.<br />Hope the best for everyone, take charge of your health!Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187607565075419942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-81375790959688581982014-10-17T17:24:23.295-07:002014-10-17T17:24:23.295-07:00P.S. to Mona (above): Another consideration the d...P.S. to Mona (above): Another consideration the doctors have is this: if they go outside the standard of care (as in the use of PET scans for original diagnoses) and that finds the cancer, the they have established a recorded precedent and can be faulted or sued for not doing that for another patient. In other words, the whole health care system (meaning insurer-controlled) is 1) TOO profit driven and 2) extremely standardized for a number of purposes, including physician liability. The responsibility really falls upon the patient to be their own advocate. This means they should NOT just "trust their doctor." Patients must educate themselves and insist on what would be in their own interest. That includes getting on the phone and arguing with your insurance company. I cannot emphasize enough that the system is first of all a business--a big business. It is locked up and does not necessarily function according to what is best for you.Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-9811821287699433592014-10-16T16:55:12.892-07:002014-10-16T16:55:12.892-07:00There is a breast cancer clinic at Banner Desert M...There is a breast cancer clinic at Banner Desert Medical Center and others that come up with a Google search, but I am not personally familiar with one in that area.. Use social media to ask your contacts. If she can feel a lump, it may not even show up on a mammogram. Even if it does, she needs to proceed with an MRI scan and biopsy. DO NOT let them put her off or "keep an eye on it." A lump has been growing for a period of time and needs to be diagnosed ASAP. Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-75419375695954389902014-10-16T16:49:37.896-07:002014-10-16T16:49:37.896-07:00Please accept my deepest sympathy regarding the lo... Please accept my deepest sympathy regarding the loss of your mother. Having lost my own mother, I know it makes your world more lonely. The doctor didn't answer your question, because he bowed to the system--the standard of care and insurance companies--although he could have gone beyond. <br /><br /> I will try to explain this--and you need to know it--although it is complicated. Our system is streamlined. If your doctor got on the phone to try to arrange for you to pay out of pocket for a PET scan--outside the standard of care and insurers desires--the hospital (or facility) would have argued with him about it. They simply don't want to bother with out of pocket payments. Moreover, deciding on the price you would pay out of pocket would be difficult, because each insurance company "brokers" what price they pay for a particular procedure. In other words, on paper my hospital says an MRI scan costs them about $4,000, but my insurance has it brokered for $1,700. This kind of dickering goes on in yearly contracts between each facility and insurer. <br /><br /> Also, if a doctor orders a diagnostic based on a plan for you to pay for it out of pocket and then later you decide you want your insurer to cover it, it would set up a conflict that a doctor doesn't want to deal with.<br /><br /> And, as I said in my story, everything that your doctor does is coded and streamlined from his computer to your insurer. By the tie you leave their office, it has already been done. Doctors' offices hire a whole group of staffers called "coders" whose job is just that. For your insurer to cover it, it would have to be coded a certain way. There is no easy way to code it to indicate that you are paying cash for it. It causes your doctor more trouble than s/he wants to bother with to arrange for you to pay for it. <br /><br /> All of this is a way of saying that patients need to take advantage of the fact that we can do research online now without having to go to a medical school library. We need to get involved in any health matter affecting us at a given time and SPEAK UP LOUDLY. Please write your own story and share it with your contacts. We all need to know these things. Health care is not the way it seems. <br /><br /> Thank you for your comment.Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-6289411627648872762014-10-16T16:27:17.595-07:002014-10-16T16:27:17.595-07:00I am sorry that I did not reply to your comment ea...I am sorry that I did not reply to your comment earlier. Somehow I did not realize there was a new addition. Thank you so much for engaging in this matter enough to confirm my findings. I hope you have gotten an MRI scan by now. Please let me know. I am not necessarily for a system of government health care for everyone, but the paradox is that our system functions just as if that is what we have. It may or may not have been in my story, but I truly felt as if I were in China as I tried to uncover all of the secrets. Please help m tell other women. We all need to talk. Thank you again for your comment.<br /><br />Katherine Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-26840344758763813212014-10-16T05:07:22.165-07:002014-10-16T05:07:22.165-07:00Yesterday my wife told me that she felt a lump whe...Yesterday my wife told me that she felt a lump when she was in the shower. We are trying to find a clinic for her to get into to get a mammogram. Who knows a great clinic in Mesa?<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.evdi.com/procedures/breast-imaging" rel="nofollow">http://www.evdi.com/procedures/breast-imaging</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921074560910247042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-88109094689869374122014-06-04T11:16:04.635-07:002014-06-04T11:16:04.635-07:00Similar "standard of care" BS with regar...Similar "standard of care" BS with regard to my mother's eventually fatal colon cancer. Myriad tests of all kinds didn't find it despite months of agonizing abdominal pain with classic signs of colon cancer including anemia from internal bleeding. After her death we found out about PET scans which show images based on how biologically active that tissue is, of which cancer cells have the highest activity. If they had done a PET scan on her abdomen, it would have shown her insides lit up like a Christmas tree with widespread cancer. But the doctor said it is not "standard of care" to use PET scans for diagnosis, only for follow-up after surgeries - even though all other possible tests had failed to find anything. We asked him why he didn't at least tell us about this so we had the choice to pay for it out-of-pocket. He had no answer to that question.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15694667428192845935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-38678394612516835912014-05-07T08:23:18.545-07:002014-05-07T08:23:18.545-07:00Hi Katherine,
Thanks for the information and the...Hi Katherine, <br /><br />Thanks for the information and the pep talk. I called my insurance company and found out they will cover the BRCA testing as a preventive screening. That is new on the insurance. I am scheduled to be tested today. Today, I received my mammogram report and it still says about the same thing -- "The tissue of both breasts is heterogeneously dense. This may lower the sensitivity of mammography. There are benign scattered calcifications in bilateral breasts. There is post operative scar from prior lumpectomy in the left breast. No significant masses, calcifications, or other findings are seen in either breast. There has been no significant interval change." It is worrisome that the mammogram basically means nothing since I have heterogenously dense breasts. <br /><br />I sent my doctor an e-mail yesterday and asked her if she could order me an MRI as a back-up for the yearly mammogram. I didn't receive a response, I guess she is awaiting the response to my BRCA testing. <br /><br />I thank you for telling your story. After reading your story and your great advice, I feel a more empowered to take control of my healthcare. <br /><br />Thank you again!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />CJCJHumphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733645282691067201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-26949865818965923022014-05-05T14:35:25.444-07:002014-05-05T14:35:25.444-07:00Hello CJ:
Thank you so much for writing me. YES!...Hello CJ:<br /><br />Thank you so much for writing me. YES!!! You definitely need to have an MRI scan every year as a back-up to mammography and should have already been getting them. PLEASE don't worry about how you affect your doctor. While they are fumbling around with your issue, it could end up costing you your life! Yes, some mammography techs are too rough and squeeze too hard to try to get a diagnostic mammogram that will show all the way to the chest wall, and some are just plain inexperienced.<br /><br />After the actress, Christina Applegate, had early breast cancer and bilateral mastectomy, she set up a foundation to help women like yourself. Please check her web site, Rightactionforwomen.com (right action for women). There are other organizations that can help you, too, such as W2W, Woman to Woman. I think the BRCA test costs around $500. You should make every effort to get the test, even if you have to borrow the money. There is also the organization, Areyoudense.org (Are you dense). They are driving the effort to get state-by-state laws passed requiring insurance companies to cover MRI scans for women with dense breasts. <br /><br />You need and have the right to talk with your doctor frankly. Print my story and show it to him/her. You should also get on the phone and talk seriously with your insurance company about covering the BRCA test. In fact, I think they would cover it if your doctor talks with them. You are definitely a candidate for it and the MRI scan considering your family history. PLEASE... you have the right to look out for yourself and ask for what you want. Once cancer gets into your lymph nodes (the first node being right under your arm), it's too late. The lymphatic system flushes it to other parts of your body. Chemo will "corral" it for a varying period of time, but it is NOT a cure. It WILL recur in other parts of your body and you will have to repeatedly fight it with chemo. Eventually you will lose the battle. Please take this very seriously. Write me however often you need to with questions. You must look out for yourself. It is better than being bitter and angry later.<br /><br />Katherine Bert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-45213361136636485322014-05-05T12:46:18.428-07:002014-05-05T12:46:18.428-07:00Hi Katherine,
I am have been referred multiple t...Hi Katherine, <br /><br />I am have been referred multiple times by my Gyn to be tested for BRCA gene, because my maternal aunt had breast cancer multiple times and she died of brain cancer, my other maternal aunt had esophageal cancer, my sister had cervical cancer, my mother died of pancreatic cancer. I have not actually had the BRCA test because my insurance will not cover it. Before the breast problems, I have had many gynecological problems. After my second child (35), I had to have a hysterectomy kept my ovaries because of female problems. When I was 36 years old. I had a lumpectomy for a lump in my breast and ever since, I have had a mammogram every year. At 41, I had to have my ovaries removed because I had two huge cysts on both ovaries and everything was stuck together with adhesions. She said it looked like a bomb went off in my abdomen. She decided that since everything was involved and that it may be good to take my ovaries so I would have a lower risk of getting breast cancer if the ovaries were gone. Well, they are gone but not really...because she accidentally left some of it. Don't actually know for sure but I know that I have yet to go through menopause. So, I am still producing hormones like I never had the surgery. <br /><br />Every time I have a mammogram, in every one of my reports it has said -- "The tissue of both breasts is heterogeneously dense. This may lower the sensitivity of mammography. There are benign calcifications in both breasts. There are also benign densities in both breasts.” Also, this – “4-8% cancers of the breast are not identifiable by x-ray. A negative report may reinforce the clinical impression. Adenomatous and dense breasts may obscure underlying neoplasm." <br /><br />Six months ago, I had a diagnostic mammogram because my gynecologist and GP both felt a lump. After my mammogram they did an ultrasound but it was gone, the mammogram busted the cyst, because they squeezed down on me so hard. <br /><br />I just had a mammogram on last week, it hurt so bad. I was hurting for two days later into my chest wall, because they squeezed me so hard I was bruised on the inside. I do not remember mammograms hurting this much. I am wondering if you think I should ask my doctor for a MRI each year as a back-up to the mammogram, since I have densities and calcifications? I worry that might anger the doctor and I do not want to do that. But I just do not want to be blindsided by CANCER as so many have been in the past. <br /><br />I would greatly appreciate your input.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />CJ<br /><br />CJHumphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733645282691067201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-75443603146063788162014-04-09T20:44:10.661-07:002014-04-09T20:44:10.661-07:00Katherine!
There are wonderful movies available on...Katherine!<br />There are wonderful movies available on youtube and netflx such as Cancer: The Forbidden Cures, Food Matters, Forks Over Knives, Gerson Miracle, lectures by Charlotte Gerson, Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, and many others. They talk about the importance of nutrition to cure degenerative diseases like cancer and diabetes. Please watch them and comment if you have time and desire.Dariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827873539697837722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-36414653575422141822014-01-07T15:19:24.187-08:002014-01-07T15:19:24.187-08:00Answer: ABSOLUTELY!!! The delay was an example...Answer: ABSOLUTELY!!! The delay was an example of following the standard of care and the cancer could have gravitated to your lymph node (the first one being right under your arm). Even one positive node would have meant chemotherapy and would have shorted your life expectancy. Chemo is NOT a cure; it only keeps cancer at bay for a varying period of time. My overall point is that we should be told our options and allowed to participate in our own health care decisions. None of these things should have been kept from you three years prior. <br /><br />KatherineBert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-14830725608314144532014-01-06T19:05:09.883-08:002014-01-06T19:05:09.883-08:00I always had mammograms from age 40 and when I tur...I always had mammograms from age 40 and when I turned 55 was diagnosed with ductal cancer. When in the preliminary stages of what path I would take I was offered an MRI prior to the biopsy for numerous calcifications. I was told that cancer can sometimes hide in these calcifications. So perhaps I should have had a MRI when my breast tissue showed calcifications approx. 3 years prior?albanyparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06218810337072188875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105631007200850676.post-29815678513331891572013-12-20T19:05:27.891-08:002013-12-20T19:05:27.891-08:00Hi Alexa:
Thank you for stating your case so poli...Hi Alexa:<br /><br />Thank you for stating your case so politely. As I calculate it, your surgery was yesterday or today. I am so sorry about your diagnosis at such a young age. I hope you have come through your surgery well. Please leave a comment letting me know.<br /><br />I realize now that I was too harsh about nurses and, as I mentioned, was taking my anger out on the keypad. Nursing is a wonderful profession and I have admired and appreciated many dedicated nurses over the years. I still object, however, to having one deal with cancer. In fact, I suspect that the doctor I referred to charges insurance as much for the nurse using that room to see patients as for herself; i.e., it is better to keep the examining rooms full than to treat a patient as she would want to be treated. <br /><br />I now believe it is good to relieve the strain on health care practitioners by having nurses see and treat certain categories of patients. However, another problem in my case was that the NP could see me but could not discuss anything with me. I felt "processed" and used just to fill that room for a visit. Since breast cancer is so common, the whole approach to it has become opportunist and big business. <br /><br />I wish you a successful recovery and much satisfaction in your studies and in your career as a nurse practitioner. I really do value you.<br /><br />KatherineBert Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296794212829763544noreply@blogger.com