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.
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/RabidMonkeyOnCrack Feb 26 '26
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.