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Mammogram
Name Withheld
Thursday, April 02, 2009 at 07:18 PMre: Mammogram
PJ Hamel
Thursday, April 02, 2009 at 08:13 PMThere are, I believe 39 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States. I, too, was lucky enough to be reated at one - just 2 miles from my home. I'm glad your wife is doing well - and that she was fortunate enough to have a husband who researched the best treatment options, and was then able to access them. Best wishes to you both - PJH
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But who pays for treatment?
Anonymous
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 01:59 PMI couldn't agree more about the importance of a mammogram, since one caught my cancer early and saved my life. But if the patient doesn't have insurance, who pays for treatment?!
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Resources for mammograms
Abby
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:51 AM -
no insurance = no treatment?
frustrated and uninsured
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:29 PMI don't have insurance so I don't want to get a free mammogram. If it comes back and says I'm healthy, great. Otherwise, it just tells me that I'm going to die a horrible death that will likely ruin my family financially because I do not have insurance for treatment AND that I will be prevented from ever getting insurance in the future as I will have a documented 'pre-existing condition' on my record. So what's the point?
re: no insurance = no treatment?
PJ Hamel
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 01:41 PMHi - There's a federal program that might fit your situation just perfectly. Please read our post on mammograms and breast cancer treatment for underserved women. Good luck - PJH
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May I also take this one step further?
I hope this doesn't happen but if the tests detect a cancerous lump, please go to a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Go to this site for a complete list, state by state: http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/cancer-centers-list.html )
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago. I did my research, jumped into the net, asked professionals, and read everything I could in order that I could find the best and the brightest doctors.
Believe it or not, I also researched where the rich and famous are treated if they are diagnosed with cancer.
All of them - from foreign kings to American celebrities - are treated here at the Comprehensive Cancer Centers here in the U-S.
The CCC at Yale Hospital (part of Yale University) saved my wife's life - our life.
I will always be grateful.
With best wishes,