Where do I even begin to express just how great Renaissance Imaging is?? Not just the Van Nuys location but ALL their locations! I am starting with Van Nuys because one individual there, Marlene, is the seed of all the great service by their company to follow. It began with Marlene. You see, earlier this year I had a routine mammogram done at another imaging company whom I will refrain from mentioning. They missed a cancerous lump, but mostly because my tissue was so dense that it was hidden on the mammogram. Understandable. I, however, felt this lump with my fingers and returned to that inferior imaging center for ultrasound where they missed it there, too, because the ultrasound tech at that place had no idea what she was doing. So I was referred by my PCP for a second opinion ultrasound to be done at Renaissance Imaging, and that made all the difference in the world!!!
It was Marlene who went straight to work and found me the soonest available appointment. I told her it didn't matter what location at Renaissance, just please hurry. And she did exactly that and sent me to the breast ultrasound masters over at their Northridge location. The tech doing the ultrasound readily found the lump. Next, Marlene expedited me an appointment to get me the biopsy asap, which was performed at Renaissance Imaging downtown. Sadly, the news wasn't good. It was cancer. I spoke with Marlene the day before my PCP was going to call me in to deliver me the news. Marlene held my hand, so to speak, reassuring me, "No matter the results, which I cannot disclose to you, you must go in and have that consultation. Either way, you need to follow up with your doctor." I did just that and it turned out, yeah ... it was cancer, but we detected it rather early enough. Marlene then went out of the way to get me all necessary reports and images. Much to my surprise, they found 4 more lumps in the right breast!! And you know what? She had my back every step of the way there, too (those ended up being benign). Marlene was like a warm friend who didn't make me feel so alone. She was like an advocate for my wellness along the testing and imaging phases of this cancer process. She gave me the strength & the courage to come to terms with my diagnosis and to square up to it and get on top of getting rid of it!! She and the Renaissance team literally brought to light that which another imaging center failed to reveal to me, much less show me they even cared. Renaissance more than cared. They cheered me on to give me courage.
Marlene and everyone at Renaissance were like family who had my back and gave me my strength. If were up to me, I would see to it that Marlene is given some executive position at the company. I really cannot even begin to express my sheer gratitude and relief that I ended up being a patient at Renaissance Imaging and having Marlene as my guide and compass the whole way through all those tests: breast ultrasounds, breast MRI, and the biopsies. God bless Marlene and God bless Renaissance and all their expert employees. Don't trust your breast health to any other imaging group but Renaissance Imaging! Your life may literally depend upon it. Take if from a patient who is currently kicking cancer in the butt thanks in part to expert detection and impeccable treatment! read more