re: Any one here ever have a CT scan?

Senior in HS had one on lower abdomen to check appendix

Senior in college had my head scanned

A year after that lower abdomen, ended up being a hernia

I have had six CT scans.....the latest last Monday.

Two Pet scans.

2 MRIs.


Since April 2011.

I have had cancer twice over that period of time.

23, leg

The IV contrast makes you feel like you peed your pants fwiw

I am old.

Neck....got them degenerative changes at C5-6.

They scan your cat and said you could play?

Yes. It was on my shoulder.

Hmm... where to start

Age 5: passed out, started having seizures and went into a coma. Air lifted to the hospital and had various tests run (to include and MRI). Dr.'s couldn't figure out the issue and wanted to perform exploratory brain surgery. Father said that a woman in the waiting room told him to not allow them to perform the surgery and to get a 2nd opinion. Air lifted to a 2nd hospital where they were able to diagnose me with Hypoglycemia.

Age 12: Involved in school bus accident that resulted in a neck strain/concussion. Sent to hospital in neck brace. Received X-Ray/MRI to make sure nothing was broken.

Age 13: Playing in a baseball game, slid into 2nd base. There was some sort of stick or something that was poking through the dirt that went straight into my knee. MRI on knee at hospital to make sure no ligament/bone damage outside of the stitches, etc.

Age 14: At a birthday party at a skating rink and from what I was told there was some soda or something on the floor around the rink that I went through that caught my skate. I went chin first into the corner of a brick wall that split my jaw open. Several stitches and an MRI later and I was good.


Age 23: Kidney stones (twice). First kidney they gave me the dye. Met with my urologist who gave me the wonderful news. He said, "I've got good news and bad news." I said what's the good news. He said, you're stone passed. I said sweet, how could there be bad news out of that? He said you have another stone in your right kidney that should hit you in about 2-3 weeks. Motherfricker was right... 2nd stone hit and it was back to the ER. Even though I told them it was a stone they still did the MRI, and all that.

Age 25: Shoulder gave way during Intramural softball game. Went to the hospital and got an MRI done on the shoulder. Diagnosis: Shoulder Tenitis.

Age 30: Water accident that knocked me unconscious. I woke up and thought I was fine. About 2 minutes later, my entire head/neck area went numb and I couldn't move at all. Wound up with a conussion, neck strain, and nerve damage. Went through MRI's and have been doing dry needle therapy to help curb the nerve damage since. By the way, Dry needle therapy is a BITCH!

Had chest and abdomen with and without contrast so that's 4 at 42. Had to have a repeat on the chest because of a 1-2 mm spot in lung that didn't look cancerous, and didn't change but the 9 month repeat is protocol. I don't smoke, never smoked but protocol says I should get another one this coming February. I do worry about the radiation for something that is 99.8% likely nothing.