Posted by Twinleaf on March 3, 2014, at 21:09:59
In reply to Re: New Recomendations for over 65, testing, Mammo, Me, posted by Phillipa on March 3, 2014, at 20:39:21
As I read them, the new guidelines just say to determine whether preventive tests will, if positive, result in treatment which improves length and quality of life. If you are a healthy 80-year old, they would, and they can and should be done if you choose to have them. But it is true that at times, general health is already so impaired that prospective treatments for heart disease, cancer, etc. may not be advisable. I personally have been very fortunate in having excellent physical health and I have always had colonoscopies, mammograms etc. with nothing ever being found.
My mother-in-law, on the other hand, never ever went to a doctor, and lived until 103 -healthy the whole time!
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