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Mammograms


Hi to all you fellow travellers out there

Have any of you had to have a mammogram on the road.

I have found it difficult as they wanted an address but I tried to

explain to them that I live in a caravan and move around.

So if any of you have had similar experiences or how to get around it

I would love to know

thank you

Lincris

 



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Did you know that if you have had mammograms in one state - i.e. Victoria, and then go to Qld and have one - there is no connection between the different states - I used to live in Victoria, had not changed my address, rang Breastscreen Qld, had mammogram, got a call back to go to the Ipswich office as there seemed to be some irregularity - I panicked, as you can imagine.
Went and had what they wanted - listened to their dire warnings, absolutely terrified - they had noticed "something" and wanted to investigate it further - luckily it was apparently just a fold in tissue - but that is where I found out about the ridiculous situation of no communication between different states!
In this day and age, there must be some way that information can be shared nationally - people move around all the time - I thought Breastscreen was a national program - but only the name apparently.
Good luck Lincris -

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In order to make an appointment in the ACT for a mammogram I had to assure them I was still going to be here in 6 weeks, in case they needed to recall me. We werent going to be home then, so I had to wait till the next year to suit their requirements. Its a really stupid system.

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That is a really stupid system Rosey. If they find a need to recall you it will be in a matter of days not weeks.
Nobody seems to be able to come up with an answer to lincris question. Maybe can you use a friend or relatives address when you are in a particular place. I can't really think of anything else as I go to the hosp every year for a mammogram and ultrasound, so make sure I arrange it to be while I'm home.


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lincris wrote:

Hi to all you fellow travellers out there

Have any of you had to have a mammogram on the road.

I have found it difficult as they wanted an address but I tried to

explain to them that I live in a caravan and move around.

So if any of you have had similar experiences or how to get around it

I would love to know

thank you

Lincris

 


 Lincris

I was not aware that they did mammograms on the road, thought they did them in a private place.



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Yes wombat, its called a mobile mammogram van. lol The size of a semi. We get one here every year in the local carpark.

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Happywanderer wrote:

Yes wombat, its called a mobile mammogram van. lol The size of a semi. We get one here every year in the local carpark.


 you mean one like this, I took this shot in Mandurah WA



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Yep. just like that but doesn't have WA on it.

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The only reason I took that shot was because of the breastcsreen sign in conjunction with the oversize sign, thought maybe they were only doing large women that day. biggrin



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I've been in the WA one at least 8 times.
The Breast Screening Service actually has a central number to phone and the calls are then redirected to the relative state.
I have to admit the last time I phoned there was no answer and I haven't tried again. That reminds me.

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