Reply to Dense breasts--do you always get a call-back from a mammogram?

Forum Index » Health and Medicine

Reply to "Dense breasts--do you always get a call-back from a mammogram?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No call back but the referring Dr suggested I get an MRI every 3 years, which I’m still on the fence about. I’d probably have to pay out of pocket since I’m not high risk and seems like the pros/cons in cases like mine are the subject of ongoing research. MRIs apparently flag a lot of things for biopsy which are not actually cancer, and I’m typically quite leery of unnecessary, invasive procedures. 
But to the point of one pp, the dense breast situation makes mammograms less effective. Curious to know if others are going ahead with MRI even if the mammogram doesn’t show anything. [/quote]

Many states, including Virginia, are trying to pass laws that insurance must cover breast MRIs when indicated by dense breast tissue. I have it too so I am going the law will pass. Out of pocket estimates are $1000. Although when my daughter needed one on her back, it was $250 OOP, which is less than I pay for my diagnostic mammograms each year ($300) to avoid the dreaded call back.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics