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What’s sad is how hard would it have been for just a single one of them to say “…but we should send you for an image just in case”
The strange thing here is that in America there's a better chance they might have found it earlier--if only because they're gung-ho on testing because they can bill for it.
Agreed, if she had insurance. And it didn't get denied by AI.
I hate this place
My wife had a lump in her breast at... I think 27. They sent her to imaging and took a biopsy, realized it was benign, removed it anyways because it was hurting. The parking tickets were our only cost. This should be the norm.
That absolutely should be the norm. There's no good reason things can't be this way in modern civilization.
I disagree...
You shouldn't have to pay for parking either.
Yes you should, it's an incredibly privileged mindset to think that public space should be sacrificed so that you can conveniently and freely park your car
You've decided to interpret my comment in your own way.
There are many options for travel that would not require a car, if the infrastructure were in place, that would then allow people needing a space for a medical reason to have parking available.
No, you absolutely should not have to pay for parking either when you're there for a medical reason.
Yes you should
If it was IBC there maybe no lump, in ibc The tumor is just formign sheets of cancer cells rather than masses.
In America, you're more likely to get the test ordered (for a myriad of reasons, billing is one, but also malpractice) but also to have it be denied by insurance.
In a country like Canada, the challenge would be getting the test ordered but once you do, the only question is when it can be done.
This is very accurate. Highlights the cons of each system. The grass isn't always greener.
That can be effective in the US but would generally not work in Canada where malpractice suits are uncommon.
In Canada you may have better luck pursuing a complaint to the province's licensing authority.
As a healthcare provider (HCP) I would generally try to dissuade patients from exaggerating or overstating. Most doctors and nurses have dealt with enough people that we have a good sense of when someone is exaggerating or even outright lying. Usually it is counterproductive and decreases the chance that your concern or complaint will be addressed appropriately.
I would advocate for centering the conversation on how symptoms have changed / affected your quality of life. A good HCP would make this part of the coversation but I know that not all of my colleagues do so, especially in light of corporate or governmental pressure to see as many patients in as fast as possible.
I feel/have _____ when I do _____ and I'm worried that it will continue, impairing my ability to _____ is a general approach.
As someone who heard several accounts from people with endometriosis, I get the feeling that a lot of healthcare professionals are severely overestimating their own ability to "have a good sense when someone is exagerating". The stories these women tell are absolutely infuriating, and the diagnosis rate vs prevalence of the disease just as much. Clearly many doctors are simply dismissing complaints about period pain out of hand.
IDK, I know nothing about healthcare but shouldn't complaints about pain be objectivized a little bit? Like can't you just slap me in the face and ask which hurts more? Because I feel like doctors would often be surprised by the kind of pain some chronically ill people put up with without showing any external signs.
I've had a gynecologist tell his resident that it's a good idea to train the patients on how to answer questions. It never crossed his mind to listen to women first.
As a healthcare worker with autoimmune disease and chronic pain, I hear where you're coming from. The job would be a lot of easier if pain could be measured objectively. Everyone has a different tolerance for pain and chronic pain makes it all the more unpredictable.
The average time to diagnosis for endometriosis is 4 to 8 years. It's a notoriously difficult diagnosis that often cant be made definitively without some form of invasive testing (which is taught in medical school). But, regardless of vocation, education cannot completely correct bias and there is lot of room for improvement in healthcare when it comes to women's health.