Mastodawn

PadreSJ Apr 26, 2023

Something has been bothering me & keeping it in is affecting how I treat others.

My father is sick & they can't do a biopsy b/c of his health & the location of the mass around his SVC.

The best option is to take differential PET scans to determine if it's an immediate danger or, like mine, better to leave & live.

We did the first scan in Dec, the 2nd scan was in April but insurance denied it 2 days before b/c he JUST had one.

Why pay insurance if it can't help when you most need it?😡

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derek

@PadreSJ My PSAs were high, which could indicate prostate cancer. My GP suggested I get it checked. I went to the urologist who put in a request for a non-invasive, relatively inexpensive MRI. The insurance denied it. Instead, we had to settle for an invasive, more dangerous, more expensive biopsy procedure. (I did have early-stage prostate cancer but we beat it, yay!) The reason the MRI was denied? Because they only approve an MRI screening for cancer if you've had cancer...