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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Carragher who wrote (12366)	12/17/2009 9:45:07 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 42652

In your specific case the important questions appear to be: Did the CT Scan discover a cancer that would not likely have been found until it developed further? Would it have been more difficult to treat if so? Is it probable that the radiation from the CT Scan may have aggravated other potential cancerous cells to shift into cancer? What was the risk factor that caused you doctor to suggest a CT scan, and what investigative course would they have taken if CT Scan were not available (elected)? Modern scanning takes a fraction of the X-Rays of ten, twenty, fifty years ago. Another question might be: Were you subjected to substantially more radiation than you would have been for a multi X-Ray examination forty years ago? I am glad you caught it early.