I almost had a cat scan today

[Copper]

I had the annual physical today. The doctor mentioned that if you are 55 to 80 years old and smoked for 30 years you get a cat scan to check for cancer.

I thought, great, I wondered what that might show.

But then he remembered that if it has been more than 15 years since you smoked you don't get it. I guess they figure if you made it more than 15 years you are probably OK.

They got my hopes up for a little while.

[Mik]

I'd ask for it. I like surprises, but not that way.

Lucily I have had scans for other reasons, but I smoked for 8 years and quit 44 years ago.

[George K]

https://www.verywellhealth.com/risk-of-lung-cancer-in-former-smokers-3971884

[jon-nyc]

I had a ct scan in August.

I quit smoking 13 years ago next Tuesday.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in I almost had a cat scan today:

I quit smoking 13 years ago next Tuesday.

Funny how (all of us) ex-smokers remember the day, isn't it?

May 23, 1986 for me.

[Loki]

@George-K said in I almost had a cat scan today:

@jon-nyc said in I almost had a cat scan today:

I quit smoking 13 years ago next Tuesday.

Funny how (all of us) ex-smokers remember the day, isn't it?

May 23, 1986 for me.

Wow. Mine was St. Patrick’s day that year.

[Loki]

I did a vascular ultrasound last year for no particular reason other than to wonder if my diet had to change for the last decades. Thankfully exercise had been more than offsetting.

I almost didn’t do it.

[Mik]

August 1, 1976.

[Doctor Phibes]

April 1st, 2000.

It was chosen after some thought.

[Copper]

@Mik said in I almost had a cat scan today:

August 1, 1976.

August 1, 2001

[bachophile]

July 21, 2048

I figure when I’m 90 I’ll start. Get in ten pack years and quit at 100.

[Copper]

@bachophile said in I almost had a cat scan today:

July 21, 2048

I figure when I’m 90 I’ll start. Get in ten pack years and quit at 100.

That has been my plan too.