Even though I have breast cancer and was diagnosed on February 14, 2006, I checked them all because to check just one point in the body I believe is a mistake. I am a prime example, because my breast cancer has caused many problems in other areas of my body, and would not have been found if they had not been routinely checked. For example, I have breast cancer, but my eye exams are very important because after my breast cancer surgery, I had two strokes, which were diagnosed definitevely by an opthomologist. I also have osteoporosis which has left me almost crippled, I have broken more tham 6 bones over the past 5 years, and many more before that time. Consequently, a bone density test is of extreme importannce for women, so are blood sugars, blood pressure tests, and cardio exams. It is hard in my case to pinpoint which I would choose if I could only choose one -- they are all of great importance to diagnnose the whole body. I believe part of the problem in medicine today is speciallty medicine, only giving attention to one area of the body, and everyone needs a primary care physician, not only to oversee the whole body, but to have one person to coordinate your care.
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Even though I have breast cancer and was diagnosed on February 14, 2006, I checked them all because to check just one point in the body I believe is a mistake. I am a prime example, because my breast cancer has caused many problems in other areas of my body, and would not have been found if they had not been routinely checked. For example, I have breast cancer, but my eye exams are very important because after my breast cancer surgery, I had two strokes, which were diagnosed definitevely by an opthomologist. I also have osteoporosis which has left me almost crippled, I have broken more tham 6 bones over the past 5 years, and many more before that time. Consequently, a bone density test is of extreme importannce for women, so are blood sugars, blood pressure tests, and cardio exams. It is hard in my case to pinpoint which I would choose if I could only choose one -- they are all of great importance to diagnnose the whole body. I believe part of the problem in medicine today is speciallty medicine, only giving attention to one area of the body, and everyone needs a primary care physician, not only to oversee the whole body, but to have one person to coordinate your care.
January 10, 2013 - 4:55pmThis Comment
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