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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 06:48 PM Original message |
My breasts and I are conflicted over this mammogram thing... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think this recent "study" is crap. I think it's all about costs. |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The clinic where I got mine was packed to the gills... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Perhaps the clinic was 'packed to the gills' is due to not enough places to get mammograms |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. All clinics also get busier at the end of the year |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Good point. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. In the end it's always about money |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's just a recommendation. There's no force of law behind it. How the |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You know the insurance companies will use this |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I know and that sucks...n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. That really sucks. You know they will |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Yep, and it is not just the costs of mammograms they will look to save $ from |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm very sorry your grandmother suffered needlessly |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think the RW knows a public option is in the works... |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. don't think so. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. There's a big difference between the RW... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. So you wonder who's worse? Interesting that you would phrase it like that. |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Nope. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I am always cynical myself about those that want to paint the "government" as a static |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. This is an either/or question? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. oh, yea, there was a report about how the pharmaceutical companies |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Good call... you're right... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. "will we fall into the dark ages of not being comfortable (...)" No. |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Self prostate exam? Oh my, please don't try that at home. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Trust me, that's something I prefer to leave in the tender hands of a highly motivated professional! |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. My wife, survivor, says she probably would be dead with that advice. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. I had breast cancer ten years ago. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. My sister had mammograms every year after 45 or so. She |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. I had my first mammogram when I was in my mid-forties. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am very conflicted about it too. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry.. you lost me at "Cervix Viewing Parties in the 70's".. |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. newly emergnig feminists would get together and look at their own cervixes... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. LOL go watch Fried Green Tomatoes for context |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. The word 'Breasts' makes buys brains melt. |
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