I'm heading over to the cardio clinic in 90 minutes, for nuclear imaging of my ticker before & after time on a treadmill. The cardiologist tells me the radioactive dye which they'll put in me is the equivalent of a chest x-ray.
But I had multiple x-rays done 3 weeks ago, after the accident. Why do I need more radiation, again?
Scientists/enviroweenies/talking heads are always 'splaining how radiation is harmful ... so why then are medical folks in such a huge hurry to introduce large doses of the stuff?
I'm kidding. I think.
Update: It was - of course - no big deal. I'll get the results sometime in the coming week, at which point we'll know whether I need a) more stents, b) bypass surgery, or c) nothing.
I'm guessing you know which option I'm rooting for. :^)
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
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You probably get more cosmic radiation way up North there, than a chest x-ray. And you know the talking heads are just trying to scare you. Relax...
Hope that helps:-)
Best wishes,
PolyKahr
Perhaps better resolution of the x-ray. And, I suspect it isn't an "xray" but some kind of imaging system that detects the radiation - perhaps even in real time that would yield a moving image for assessment.
Most my customers (I spend my real life selling my products to hospitals and nursing homes) have given up the "Xray Department" for the "Imaging Department" now-a-days.
Hopin' & prayin' for good news for you today.
They're going to check all the veins/arteries, lot easier to do that with the dye than trying to do it with ultrasound!
Gentlemen, I thank you for the encouraging words. I knew the purpose of the test, going in ... just needed to fuss a bit. Helps relieve the tension.
Hope your insurance covers the imaging part. Otherwise expect to see approximately $1000 bill in the future.
Mrs. S, you're an optimist: it's a $3,400 test. But after the hospitalization/E.R. visit/cardiac cath earlier this month, my out-of-pocket has long since been met.
We'll be praying for option C. And hey, now you can read at night by the light of your glowing veins!!
Thanks, Six - I receive that. And I don't need a nightlight, either!
Keep cool.
Had glow-in-the-dark stuff with my lymphoma.
Only received the 'here's a doc business card to give TSA if you set off the Geiger counters' one time.
And I'm still here and don't glow.
Hang in there!
gfa
Thanks, Guffaw.
Hmmm, you might end up channeling the Aurora and becoming a super hero or something. Or, maybe you won't need a shovel to shovel snow. Just stand there and it melts around you? Could have possibilities! Hey, hope you need nada and are good to go. Take care.
Too funny! Thanks, Groundhog - me, too.
You've got some seriously funny commentors, so I won't even try to out-do 'em, but you've got my warmest wish for an 'all's clear' from the docs.
I'm a little late to this party, but I turst you are doing well. Like you, I'm a big fan of Plan C.
BTW, Were you able to sleep last night, or were the insides of you eyelids glowing?
Understood, Cathy. It's best to just stand back & let 'em have at it. :^)
joated, thank you. The dye had a half-life of six hours, so it was mostly gone by bed-time. Heh.
Praying for the best.
Thank you, sir.
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