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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:06 AM Original message |
Just got off the phone with my insurance company... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Everyone is vulnerable. Everyone, that is, except |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Can you go to the Dr. and ask them to show you the films again? Like hold |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Can you take the films |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. This was my first mammogram.... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Have the film transferred somewhere else. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. And on top of that, you better hope you get to keep that insurance. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So true... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Isn't it crappy how the insurance cos cover foe each other? |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sending good thoughts your way. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Thanks for your kind thoughts... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Good for you. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. Take your films somewhere else and have another mammogram done, too. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. Shouldn't you just buy another mammogram? While you debate this, of course, with your doctor. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. Interesting, we had exactly the opposite happen. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. Can you take the same mammogram film to a different doctor? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Simple fix: |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. It might be worth it to call to the AMA but then they are probably on the |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. oops, wrong place.. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. If you're really concerned there has been an error, then pay for another mammogram yourself. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. Your doctor may have never even looked at the films. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. There are organizations that offer free mammagrams and my county offers them too. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. Is there a health clinic you can go for a 2nd mamogram? |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. I would contact the Radiologist and request a consult to review your films |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Dupe |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. So sorry.... can you get a referral to another radiologist to read the mammogram |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
24. You may have to get the second mammogram for peace of mind. If |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. If it makes you feel any better, they aren't looking for "black dots". |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. right -- it's a reverse image, so a black dot would be like |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. At the very least |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. "you can get the films. They are yours." Says who? |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Go get a written copy of the radiologist's report. |
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morillon (809 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. Do they have mobile mammography clinics in your area? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. Isn't this one of the problems with the health care system? Overreacting to something to |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Tell that to someone who was either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed...like me. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. So you think everyone should get double tested for every test they get done? |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Who said anything about a "whim"? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. You're missing the point... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. The once a year testing troubles me too, as an anemic person |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. Oh but it will be so much better when everyone |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. There ARE programs that offer |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. "They" found a dot on the x-ray of my lungs 30 years ago! |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. Call your doctor back. Tell her that for your peace of mind you would like |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. Thank you so much for the support... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. And you know what?? |
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