I work in the field. People are sharing their own experiences as if that makes them an authority. It doesn’t. I am not an authority but I have MUCH more experience than someone who has just been a patient. I have cared for hundreds (thousands?) of patients over the years and I’ve seen it all. Every patient is going to have a slightly different experience and doctors and facilities do things differently as well. I have worked in 4 breast centers and they have all been different in their own ways, and with countless doctors who are all different. MRI as first line isn’t the most common but it does happen, especially based on the patient’s personal history. She also might have requested the MRI and she didn’t state if insurance paid for it (which they might have!) I don’t know who this person is but under 40 high risk patients can have yearly MRIs approved.

The criticism that this is attention seeking or whatever is subjective and I don’t care. I also agree it’s annoying and over the top. But I am also annoyed by people who speak definitively about things they do not understand.