They cost shitloads of money and could be well over $1,000. for one scan.
If you are not covered for this on your health plan, you will be billed for this amount.
Each CAT scan gives you about 400 times the amount of radiation that you receive from a normal chest X-Ray.
CAT scans can cause cancer.
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Most radiologists and most surgeons look at CAT scans and then say "Duh?". They haven't got a clue as to what they are looking at. You spend $1,000. and they are puzzled, confused, unfocused and non-committal.
Archaeologists looking at ancient Egyptian mummies have done CAT scans on them and can determine that someone born 3470 years ago had arthritis and what they had for lunch on the day of their death.
And yet our doctors can look at your CAT scan and can't remotely figure out if you have arthritis or anything else for that matter.
10 years ago I underwent a series of CAT scans for a medical problem. They took the CAT scans for an abdominal problem. They studied the CAT scans and said that I needed my appendix taken out. My appendix was taken out and in the end, the appendix was not the problem at all. It turned out to be a ruptured diverticulitis issue.
I had another CAT scan to no avail and then one more scan to position an abdominal drain in my guts.
I had something like 3 CAT scans or the equivalent of 1200 chest x-rays and it was all for nothing. Not one of these CAT scans was used to diagnose my medical issue. In fact, CAT scans resulted in a mis-diagnosis of my issues.
I had another CAT scan to no avail and then one more scan to position an abdominal drain in my guts.
I had something like 3 CAT scans or the equivalent of 1200 chest x-rays and it was all for nothing. Not one of these CAT scans was used to diagnose my medical issue. In fact, CAT scans resulted in a mis-diagnosis of my issues.
A country bumpkin doctor with a stethoscope and a smile and a dusty old medical book would have done as much good for me as these dudes, with less trauma.
The moral of the story is:
Do not sign up for CAT scans unless you have no other choice and you are in a life threatening situation.
Most surgeons and radiologists can't tell shit from shoe polish when they look at CAT scans. They look at CAT scans as if they were star-gazing. They monkey around in the dying time of others.
Most surgeons and radiologists can't tell shit from shoe polish when they look at CAT scans. They look at CAT scans as if they were star-gazing. They monkey around in the dying time of others.
Don't spend $1,000. on an ineffectual diagnostic procedure.
Don't expose yourself to horrendous amounts of cancer causing radiation for no real reason.
God help us. Amen.
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