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Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 27 11:09am | Replies (370)Comment receiving replies
I believe insurance companies are a big business and they are not into conserving our lives. They do not cover certain things because they do not want to keep us alive indefinitely because it cost them. Mri is more expensive for them to pay so they only let me have it once a year. Even though mri detected my cancer and mammo did not. Sad but it is the way insurance companies run. It is about money not patient well being.
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I had ILC left breast 12mm 12:30 6cm from nipple. It was undetectable with mammo that I had religiously every year along with ultrasound. I felt a lump a few months after my yearly mammo and ultrasound. Had a mammo and it did not show. Had ultra sound and did not show til I put my finger right on lump. It showed on mri but dye is bad for you. Insurance is letting me have ultrasounds every three months and mri once a year. I am not having mammos anymore because they did not show cancer. I believe if you insist with your doctor to have mri more often insurance will let you. I worry about the dye. I flush my body with saline and drink plenty of water and Gatorade to flush dy after. You have to insist on your care
Insurance will pay if you do.