Does a chest Xray include the abdomen? I know that sounds like a stupid question!
I had one done to start the hyperbarics on Monday and it looked like you could see where my feeding tube was. The Xray was fine but to an untrained eye, I would have guessed that I was a goner, lol.
Minnie

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.