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caya · 11-24-2011, 08:03 AM

Lani

The every two to three years is only a guideline. Any Canadian woman can ask her doctor for a mammogram every year and get one. I get a yearly pelvic transvaginal ultrasound, a bone density test, pretty well anything I discuss with my doctor, she/he will write me a referral for any test.
And don't forget, ALL Canadian citizens are covered for health care- from a yearly physical to a walk-in clinic visit to an ER visit for a broken leg to emergency brain aneurysm surgery to chemo and Herceptin. No insurance forms to fill out, no worrying about losing coverage if you lose your job. You are covered from the moment you are born.

So I'm willing to put up with some guidelines that perhaps may not be the same as American standards, to have the wonderful EQUAL health care ALL Canadians have. I realize these are two separate issues, but sometimes in life one has to give a little to get a lot.

All the best
caya
(from Florida)

11-24-2011, 08:03 AM	#9
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Re: Canadian Medical Assoc's new guidelines4 bc screening--you are not going 2like th Lani The every two to three years is only a guideline. Any Canadian woman can ask her doctor for a mammogram every year and get one. I get a yearly pelvic transvaginal ultrasound, a bone density test, pretty well anything I discuss with my doctor, she/he will write me a referral for any test. And don't forget, ALL Canadian citizens are covered for health care- from a yearly physical to a walk-in clinic visit to an ER visit for a broken leg to emergency brain aneurysm surgery to chemo and Herceptin. No insurance forms to fill out, no worrying about losing coverage if you lose your job. You are covered from the moment you are born. So I'm willing to put up with some guidelines that perhaps may not be the same as American standards, to have the wonderful EQUAL health care ALL Canadians have. I realize these are two separate issues, but sometimes in life one has to give a little to get a lot. All the best caya (from Florida) __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!! Last edited by caya; 11-24-2011 at 07:21 PM..