• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    6 days ago

    I wish.

    My wife has so far had 3 aunts and 1 cousin, all on her mother’s side, with different forms of breast cancer.

    But yet, her PCP doesn’t want her having a mammogram until 40.

    Her cousin was 36.

    • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      That’s unacceptable and infuriating. I started going to my wife’s appointments because of shit like this. I don’t know if it’s because my wife wasn’t advocating enough for herself or if the doctor was shitty but all I do is sit there and repeat my wife’s concerns in different words when I think I need to. She’s getting the results she deserves now.

      This is coming from a good place and I don’t mean any disrespect but it sounds like your wife needs a mammogram. Do something about it.