[miiiiiike]

Yeah, no. A doctor that I had a feeling wasn't paying too close attention to what I was saying ordered a pelvic/abdominal CT with and without contrast, ~30-40 mSv. Nothing turned up on the scans. When I went back he said "nothing's wrong" and, confused, I described my symptoms again. He just said "Oh! You need physical therapy."

Two weeks of physical therapy and I was fine.

At the time I was mad about the money, now I'm just thinking "what a dumb way to (maybe) get gut cancer."

I was young. I thought I was scheduled for an MRI like the one I had for my sinuses. I didn't even know what a was CT at the time.

[fatnoah]

On the other side of the coin, my always healthy dad did 6 weeks of physical therapy for hip joint pain that turned out to be cancer, which was immediately detected when they finally decided to perform a CT scan. He passed away almost exactly 1 year later at 46 years old.

[miiiiiike]

I don't like this coin. Sorry about your dad.

[fatnoah]

Thanks, and I was trying to highlight the challenges of any situation like this. I do agree with the fundamental premise that we need to get better and deciding when to scan and coming up with non(or less) destructive techniques.

[miiiiiike]

Yeah, I got your meaning. Very well put.