Mixed Feelings from Surgeon Review
I had an appointment with my surgeon yesterday - the first since finishing active treatment. I went in knowing it was just a review and I had my usual list of questions with me. I'm not really sure ...
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@Sister I haf a 3D mammogram at my BreastScreen recall. At the first visit I signed a form to take part in a study comparing 2D & 3D mammograms. I was randomly assigned the 2D. I thought it spoke volumes that my recall screening was with the 3D machine...
The sooner the 3D mammogram is standard the better. I was talking to a woman about BC the other day. Her family is littered with early BC deaths across multiple branches and generations. She has chosen not to do the gene testing. Fair enough, I respect her right to make that decision. Instead she has yearly mammograms. I asked her if they were 3D. No. I asked her if she had ultrasounds. No. I said with her family history she should request one next time, that while mammograms are a great tool they're not perfect, and that ultrasounds can pick up problems that mammograms can't. She said her GP was the one in charge of what she had. I said something along the lines of the best advocate for our health is ourselves and left it at that. But I walked away cross with her GP for not recommending the best possible testing for someone clearly in a higher risk category than the general population.
Sigh...
The sooner the 3D mammogram is standard the better. I was talking to a woman about BC the other day. Her family is littered with early BC deaths across multiple branches and generations. She has chosen not to do the gene testing. Fair enough, I respect her right to make that decision. Instead she has yearly mammograms. I asked her if they were 3D. No. I asked her if she had ultrasounds. No. I said with her family history she should request one next time, that while mammograms are a great tool they're not perfect, and that ultrasounds can pick up problems that mammograms can't. She said her GP was the one in charge of what she had. I said something along the lines of the best advocate for our health is ourselves and left it at that. But I walked away cross with her GP for not recommending the best possible testing for someone clearly in a higher risk category than the general population.
Sigh...