It's a big business! My naturopath wanted me to get a mammogram. Ummmm, nope. I will NEVER put my breast in that machine again. One time, 14 years ago, I did it. They said they needed to do a biopsy to see if I had cancer because "something" showed up. Uh huh. So they got how much from my ins. co. to cut me open and find nothing? I'm guessing that probably netted them $30K or so.
It's a big business! My naturopath wanted me to get a mammogram. Ummmm, nope. I will NEVER put my breast in that machine again. One time, 14 years ago, I did it. They said they needed to do a biopsy to see if I had cancer because "something" showed up. Uh huh. So they got how much from my ins. co. to cut me open and find nothing? I'm guessing that probably netted them $30K or so.
I had my first and only mammogram 26 years ago when I was 40 years old. Because I am not at all well- endowed, it was sheer torture for me; you gotta have something to lay on the table, ya know? 😆 Never again!
Totally get it!! And when you're not "well-endowed" the results come back non-conclusive as having "dense breasts" anyway. I stopped getting mammograms about 15 years ago and instead focus on lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, water, sunshine and exercise :)
At recommended "baseline" eval at 35 when unbeknownst to him the radiologist slipped and said (closest approximation from memory), "...can't really tell anyway" [due to "dense" tissue] that was enough to say the tool was as good as useless in my case. Never had another; will leave this earth without another, especially after putting the ionizing torture device through the thoughtful reasoning test as OP @rolandttg expresses (though he may have dug deeper and researched -?). Near previous and near subsequent interactions with medicos as good as warded me off entirely from the bulk of their "help" across the board, traumatic injury excepted. One hundred percent on < 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦, 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 > to this day. Those and turning inward to expand: The kingdom of God is within you (every one of us). Paying attention is key, imho.
Since stress is a trigger for illness, I presume the anxiety from these "questionable" dx's are the cause of many of the cancers they supposedly detect.
It's a big business! My naturopath wanted me to get a mammogram. Ummmm, nope. I will NEVER put my breast in that machine again. One time, 14 years ago, I did it. They said they needed to do a biopsy to see if I had cancer because "something" showed up. Uh huh. So they got how much from my ins. co. to cut me open and find nothing? I'm guessing that probably netted them $30K or so.
I had my first and only mammogram 26 years ago when I was 40 years old. Because I am not at all well- endowed, it was sheer torture for me; you gotta have something to lay on the table, ya know? 😆 Never again!
Totally get it!! And when you're not "well-endowed" the results come back non-conclusive as having "dense breasts" anyway. I stopped getting mammograms about 15 years ago and instead focus on lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, water, sunshine and exercise :)
At recommended "baseline" eval at 35 when unbeknownst to him the radiologist slipped and said (closest approximation from memory), "...can't really tell anyway" [due to "dense" tissue] that was enough to say the tool was as good as useless in my case. Never had another; will leave this earth without another, especially after putting the ionizing torture device through the thoughtful reasoning test as OP @rolandttg expresses (though he may have dug deeper and researched -?). Near previous and near subsequent interactions with medicos as good as warded me off entirely from the bulk of their "help" across the board, traumatic injury excepted. One hundred percent on < 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦, 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 > to this day. Those and turning inward to expand: The kingdom of God is within you (every one of us). Paying attention is key, imho.
Since stress is a trigger for illness, I presume the anxiety from these "questionable" dx's are the cause of many of the cancers they supposedly detect.