WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2008: Re: BREASTHEALTH: screening process

Re: BREASTHEALTH: screening process

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:32:57 -0500 (CDT)

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Anon

You are right, that is the reason to have mammos done regularly and in the same facility. He shoud have reviewed your old films...Dr. von Almen

At Thu, 30 Oct 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>2 years ago I went in for my first mamogram. I was called back and they
>took more pictures of my left breast. Then the doctor reading the
>results asked for an ultrasound. He said it all looked ok, looked like
>a small calcification and come back in 6 months. I went back in 6
>months and had another mamogram and it looked the same, so they said I
>could come back in a year.
>
>I just want in for the 1 year mamogram and it was the exact same
>process. They called me back, took extra photos of my left breast and
>then an ultrasound, and said come back in 6 months. When I asked the
>doctor who read the images if what they were looking at was the same as
>my baseline mamogram from a year and a half ago, he said he didn't know,
>he didn't see that one.
>
>I thought the reason for a baseline, is to have something to compare to.
>Should I be concerned that he did not look at the origional. I live in
>a rural area and I know there are concerns about doctors in rural areas
>reading mamograms. Any advice? THanks

-- Note: Opinions expressed here are for educational purposes only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient relationship. This information is not intended to supplant the need for you to consult with your physician prior to choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions. ** Private emails cannot be entertained due to time constraints; consequently, they will receive no response.

William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG Private Practice New Orleans, La.

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