If it's financially possible, maybe consider healthcare tourism, as it doesn't sound like you're willing to pursue traditional options at this time.
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If it's financially possible, maybe consider healthcare tourism, as it doesn't sound like you're willing to pursue traditional options at this time. It's highly unlikely you would be able to receive any longterm care outside of the country, but they wouldn't be integrated with any domestic information systems.
At the very least you could get a diagnosis, and bring that answer back to the states with you to fast track the process. There is a hidden side of the US healthcare system that is surprisingly, almost depressingly effective - oncology. If you are diagnosed with cancer, you will almost certainly witness a level of treatment and expedience that you would not believe possible. Some of the best, most hard-working professionals in the world work in the field, and the nature of their work requires efficiency at all costs.
Whether you pursue the diagnosis inside or out of the country, cancer screening is remarkably fast. If you tell a healthcare professional about your lump, you will receive diagnostic imaging and possibly a biopsy at the highest priority. Depending on the location of your lump, most of these tests can be done outpatient.
Your past hospitalization might be mentioned, but an oncologist won't really be interested in your psychiatric history beyond the questions "are you currently taking any medications?" and "have you had any surgeries?" There are some questions that relate to anesthesia that may surprise you, but they are asked with a purpose, not as a trap.
My best advice is to provide the minimum data requested of you - you do not need to volunteer information, you do not need to answer questions that you were not asked. But you should answer the questions they do ask you to the best of your ability, as simply as you can.