Hi everyone, I have another call out for someone interested in talking to the media! There is so much interest at the moment in breast cancer related stories so we want to make the most of this. This...
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Call out for anyone living in Queensland who has experienced out of pocket costs for breast MRIs
Marianne,
I had two private MRI on the GC - I was out of pocket $500 each time.
I was 48 at diagnosis (2016) - the Mammogram/ultrasound I had was reported as BiRADs 2 - the final note on it said suggest biopsy a left sided fibroadenoma at 3 o'clock or rescan in 12 months. I didn't settle for that, the report just read wrong to me and I pushed for an MRI - ten days later a 4.9 cm IDC separate lesion at 12 o'clock plus nodes came out of my left chest.
I am of normal BMI and a 12B chest so hard to say anything got lost. I do have (had) dense breast tissue - it is one of the main reasons Mammogram/ Ultrasound do not have a high specificity/sensitivity in the under 50s. At the very least MRIs should be gov subsidised in the under 50s needing screening.
I imagine I am not the only one....
I had two private MRI on the GC - I was out of pocket $500 each time.
I was 48 at diagnosis (2016) - the Mammogram/ultrasound I had was reported as BiRADs 2 - the final note on it said suggest biopsy a left sided fibroadenoma at 3 o'clock or rescan in 12 months. I didn't settle for that, the report just read wrong to me and I pushed for an MRI - ten days later a 4.9 cm IDC separate lesion at 12 o'clock plus nodes came out of my left chest.
I am of normal BMI and a 12B chest so hard to say anything got lost. I do have (had) dense breast tissue - it is one of the main reasons Mammogram/ Ultrasound do not have a high specificity/sensitivity in the under 50s. At the very least MRIs should be gov subsidised in the under 50s needing screening.
I imagine I am not the only one....