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Originally Posted by Emily Fox Seaton
I find her to be the best of the lot. It is the AMA and insurance and even though she is the MOST non -AMA that I have found (she is also a DO) her hands are tied about what she can say and do. I suspect Mammograms get funding from the gov't. Thus the yearly push.
Recently I went to an OBGYN and she failed me. I asked for testing for the hormones (obviously I wanted to see if estrogen was markedly higher than progesterone) the OBGYN -- refused. She said they weren't accurate. Instead she offered me HRT. (which is more estrogen) I refused. I got my own saliva tests but, I don't know if they were accurate as they came out the same both times at different parts of the cycle. She very blithely dismissed the idea that estrogen caused uterine cancer when, it is a flat out fact. If she offered any explanation for why she didn't feel it was an issue in my case... I would feel better but she fell back on "experience" -- clearly I will not be going to her again.
I have looked into better OBGYNS that understand hormones and the risk for Uterine cancer but they are overwhelmed with patients.
I am actually really vigilant about my health. I put money into my health care account this year, and have used nearly all of it on blood tests and exams that my insurance wouldn't pay for or my doctor wouldn't order.
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I'm sorry to hear that. Have you thought about seeing if you can get on the waiting list (assuming that's what they'd call it) with one of those other OBGYNs? My other thought would be - if you haven't already - to ask your primary care doctor about these issues. Sometimes they're willing to order blood work based on symptoms/concerns and will then refer you to the appropriate specialist if anything turns up. Not sure if these would be options for you but figured I'd make the suggestion.