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Breast Cancer Index: What's your experience?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 31, 2022 | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
I met a man who had been treated for BC at a meeting in Baltimore, and he was so generous with the fact that he was in the 1%. He found a way to laugh at what I always figured was kind of like being the first woman in a boardroom at the top of a company, they don’t even have a washroom for you. 😂 Thank you for sharing! Has the insurance thing been figured out for you? I hope you don’t mind me asking, because I am intensely curious, did they just hit you with everything because of no cancer index? Are you currently cancer free? Are the recurrence rates the same for men?
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I'm new to Medicare this year, and it's been a challenge with them declining coverage for the annual mammogram, and prostate/PSA testing claiming the procedures were not coded as medically necessary. Mayo resubmitted (re-coded) the claim for the mammogram, and Medicare finally paid. The PSA has still not been covered.
I am, I believe, still cancer free after 5 years. I still need more education, so not sure about any difference in recurrence rates for men vs. women. I thought I had seen at one time that it may be higher in men, but not certain on that.