HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - A Message from Dr. Love about the New Mammography Guidelines

Sherryg683 · 11-20-2009, 10:59 PM

Am I ignorant or something for them to say quote "the panel argued that the harms of
mammograms for those women appear to outweigh the benefits.", just sounds plain stupid. I'll take a little radiation and
risk of stress anyday over what I've had to deal with the last 4 years. Trying being diagnosed stage IV..now that's pretty stessfull, you know what... it's deadly too. I had no family history of breast cancer so I guess if what they are saying, I shouldn't have had that mammogram. Until something better comes along that's all we have. I worry about whether they will eventually decide that it's not "worth it" to even treat us stage IV patients properly as we are very expensive to treat..Oh well, I guess I'm just one life to them and that means nothing compared to the whole picture. sherryg

11-20-2009, 10:59 PM	#20
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	Re: A Message from Dr. Love about the New Mammography Guidelines Am I ignorant or something for them to say quote "the panel argued that the harms of mammograms for those women appear to outweigh the benefits.", just sounds plain stupid. I'll take a little radiation and risk of stress anyday over what I've had to deal with the last 4 years. Trying being diagnosed stage IV..now that's pretty stessfull, you know what... it's deadly too. I had no family history of breast cancer so I guess if what they are saying, I shouldn't have had that mammogram. Until something better comes along that's all we have. I worry about whether they will eventually decide that it's not "worth it" to even treat us stage IV patients properly as we are very expensive to treat..Oh well, I guess I'm just one life to them and that means nothing compared to the whole picture. sherryg __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!