Cancer in My Chart for MIL

[beaglelover]

11. After my recent experience, I kind of wish they did NOT share so much via MyChart.

Once the MRI results were published and I saw the 'grade' the radiologist had given the lesion they found, and then googling all the medical term stuff regarding the 'grade' I was convinced that the biopsy would show cancer. So in the weeks between the MRI and the biopsy, I was researching prostate cancer extensively, researching the various treatments, etc. Then after the biopsy I had to wait about a week to meet with the urologist to get the biopsy results and found out that the lesion was not cancer which was a great relief.

In retrospect, I wish when I had met with the urologist to review the MRI results, I think he should have just said, the MRI found a lesion so next steps is to schedule a biopsy and based on the results of the biopsy we'll determine next steps. I would have been fine with that without having to see the entire MRI result and analysis by the radiologist.