OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Here's a strange thing that happened to me yesterday. I went in because of some joint pain in my shoulder and hip. They scheduled a bone scan and some x-rays. When they were doing the x-rays, the machine wasn't functioning correctly and they seemed to be just starting it over and over. One once instance the machine was on for at least 30 seconds instead of the quick noise. One time the tech forgot to put film in and after he came back in and put the film in I could hear the other tech say something and the tech replied something that sounded like "he already has cancer". My shoulder hurt much worse the rest of the day.
Here's a question I have. If the machine was malfunctioning, could it harm me in any way? Just curious.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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