Re: CT scans

[Guest guest]

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Thank you for your comments regarding CT-scans. Since I have

already had 16 CT-scans in the last two and a half years, one

more is hardly going to make a difference, except for the

excessive cost, and the fact that I am just sick and tired of them!!

Doctors at this particular hospital think nothing of sending

someone down to radiology for a CT-scan, to them it's as

common an order as a request for bloodwork!

But they are expensive here, over $5,000 each time, and I have a

lifetime insurance cap that is slowly being eaten up with all

these tests and procedures. I want to make sure there is

enough left over for any extended hospitalizations or expensive

surgeries that may come in the future.

Indeed, the radiation cannot be good for anyone....I tease now

that I've already been exposed enough to light up Canada! I'm

beyond the age where protecting my reproductive organs is

necessary, hahaha....but that is good advice for any of our

younger members. Thanks for your advice.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.

wrote:

> Another good reason to not have any unnecessary ct scans is

that each one gives off over 100 times more radiation than a

single chest xray..and this can't be good for a person.

if one has frequent CT scans, to request an apron the

radiologists wear and place it over the reproductive organ area

or other area you want to protect, so they won't get damaged in

any way...and if it is a child having a CT scan, to make sure the

dose of radiation is turned down to the lowest possible on the

Scanner.