I almost had a cat scan today
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wrote on 8 Oct 2020, 22:48 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 8 Oct 2020, 22:53 last edited by Mik 10 Aug 2020, 22:54
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.
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wrote on 8 Oct 2020, 23:26 last edited by
I had a ct scan in August.
I quit smoking 13 years ago next Tuesday.
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wrote on 8 Oct 2020, 23:39 last edited by
@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.
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@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.
wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 00:10 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 00:14 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 01:00 last edited by
August 1, 1976.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 01:35 last edited by
April 1st, 2000.
It was chosen after some thought.
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 01:37 last edited by
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wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 14:31 last edited by
July 21, 2048
I figure when I’m 90 I’ll start. Get in ten pack years and quit at 100.
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July 21, 2048
I figure when I’m 90 I’ll start. Get in ten pack years and quit at 100.
wrote on 9 Oct 2020, 16:22 last edited by@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.