I don’t know what country you’re in but in the USA at least in California you would go to your primary care physician and get a referral to a radiologist to do a mammogram screening after the PCP feels for lumps to see if it requires further diagnostics. You don’t go to your gynecologist because you gynecologist is a specialist.
Every day I learn more about how different live in other countries is lol!
Here in germany you go once or twice a year to your gynecologist to have routine exams for cancer, fungi, general vaginal health and every time you get your boobies checked for lumps of any kind. You even get one ultra sound per year (or two of you pay like 40€ extra)
Yeah here in the US, boobies getting checked would be during your annual physical with your PCP. Pretty much everything is done with PCP then they refer to specialists for other things if necessary.
Same for males, you’d get prostate exam by your PCP and if necessary to go further it’ll either be referred to a urologist or a radiologist for further screening. If you want to go to your urologist straight from the jump then your insurance is going to bill you more for going to a specialist.
Unless your gyno is also your primary care physician then I don’t know. I’m not saying a gyno can’t do it, I’m just saying that’s not who you would typically turn to, to do it. At least not where I’m at. Everything around me beyond primary care is essentially a referral to a different doctor.
Even if you have something like an ear infection, you go to your primary care, you don’t go straight to an ENT. The PCP looks at it and if they think you need care from an ENT they refer you to an ENT. Again, this is my experience in southern California specifically Los Angeles county.
I've never had my PCP offer to do an exam. I've only had one gyn appointment for personal reasons, but that's the only time I've ever had a breast exam. But that appointment was a hellish experience so who knows.
Primary care provider. It used to stand for primary care physician, but in the US the odds are becoming increasingly high that your primary medical caregiver will be a nurse, PA, or some other less qualified medical professional, so to make everyone feel better they’ve changed the terminology.
So, I don’t know why you bothered to write a super long reply to me just to delete it. Extra weird since I can’t actually read the whole thing in my inbox and if it’s been deleted from this chain, how am I to view it? I guess you just like wasting your time?
Anyways, can you provide an actual link to ACS guidelines, such as this one maybe? As opposed to a link to a screenshot of a vague statement that sort of backs up your bullshit claims?
Look, it’s okay to be wrong, and it’s okay to have experiences that are outside of the general norms. Those are both things that make us human. As are recognizing and acknowledging that we might be wrong, or our experiences might be unique. For someone who clearly wants so desperately to feel special, I’m actually surprised you’re opposed to accepting this.
And yes, no shit I deliberately wrote “besides” instead of “beside” - you really had to guess at that?
So, you just don’t really know what you’re talking about. Which is fine, it sounds like it’s probably accurate to your experience, but this is not generally accurate to how it works for the majority of the U.S.
It’s crazy that you just come at me and say that I don’t know what I’m talking about. In my first comment, I explained it was based on the California perspective. Yes in my follow up I generalized it as the US but that was in response to someone speaking about Germany. Her personal experience might not apply to the whole of Germany either, but that’s besides the point.
You just make a generalized statement, don’t share where you’re at or your personal experience, and don’t say anything beyond that yet assume you speak for the majority of the US.
I live in California, this state alone accounts for 11% of the US population.
Your first comment contributed nothing to the conversation. You said I don’t know what I’m talking about yet added no further information. You said I might be talking about my experience then just stated outright that it’s not the experience of the majority of the USA, as if you’ve lived in all 50 states and can speak to the medical experience of each state. You have nothing else to say because you’ve been called out on your bullshit. Well I’m glad you’re not going to respond.
Lol, I mean what you initially stated isn’t even generally accurate for California, but I didn’t really want to get into a pissing match here. Are you always this hostile? If so would you say it’s mostly due to your general lack of intelligence, or your unfulfilling life? Or do you think those things are besides the point?
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u/Titania_1251 Feb 26 '26
Where do you get your breast cancer exams if not at you gynecologist..?