Re: Bone Scan ANSWER

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> Hi All

> I had a bone scan 2 weeks ago and at my last doctors visit she had

> not yet received the report. Well today I received a call from the

> doctors office asking me to come in and get a script to get another

> bone scan. They told me it was request from the x-ray technician

and

> the wanted to do a follow up. The bone scan initially was to see if

> there maybe any kind of bone cancer and was done before the RSD

> diagnose. Does anyone think that it sounds kinda weird that the

tech

> would contact the doctor for a follow up? Shouldn't they have told

me

> they would need a follow up? Just wandering if anyone has any ideas

> or if this has happened to them.

> Tim

> PS: Thinking they found something and want to make sure. Kinda

scared

> here:(

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Dear Tim,

Regarding your bone scan. #1) The report should have been ready

when you saw your physician, the test is generally read by the

radiologist the same day or the following day. I get my reports by

fax or mail, sometimes not at all – but when any of my patients come

in my office and I have not received a report from lab, x-rays or

whatever – my staff calls the facility where the test was done and

gets the report (either verbal or written) while the patient is still

at my office. #2) No reason for you to have to struggle in pain or

have to have Cliff take you to that doctors office to get another

script – the office can call or fax the order to the testing

facility – I commonly do this with my older patients, handicapped

patients and ones out of town. They could even mail it to you along

with scheduling the test themselves – I also have my staff do this

often – facilities will generally get patients in quicker when we are

the ones calling instead of the patients.

Enough of that rambling – I get so frustrated hearing about how you

all are treated by your physician. I still work, have just this week

reduce my hours again, now I am at 3 hours per day – I cannot cope

nor function with the pain and other dysfunction of my RSD any longer

than that anymore in my office – I just keep reducing hours and days

more and more – I am getting frightened now - more about that in

another email.

(Warned you all before that I ramble)

#3) Regarding the tech calling the doctor – At one of the hospitals I

work with, I trust the tech more than the radiologist and myself. He

knows his stuff and will call me if he saw something of great concern

to him and will suggest what test I might want to consider as a

following to further evaluate that region or concern, he again will

state " I am not a doctor or radiologist but…. " I usually go with his

thoughts unless there is underlying knowledge I have regarding the

patient. So… No it is not unusual for a tech to do this… what is

unusual is the way the doctors office said it " …the tech

requested " . TIP for you all: Anytime you get xrays, CT, MRI, etc –

request a copy of the films be made for you to take before and after

the test is done – that way for sure you will at least have the films

and can take them to other doctors in the further. I do this and

love it when a new patient beings in their films. (More than one of

my referral physician I have seen did not look at my films I had took

in – I only take the " bad ones " and they do not even look at the

films at all – bill me $250.00 for the visit - I in turn – never will

go back to them.)

#4) Regarding the bone scan, it is not usually to do 1 or several

OTHER types of scans (MRI, CT, PET, etc following an abnormal bone

scan. Nor is it unusaly to do a full body bone scan if only one area

done and it was abnormal. I insisted on having a full body scan done

on myself after my foot bone scan was " hot " . BTW: my initial bone

scan (6 months) after my symptoms stated was hot (very abnormal) –

the radiologist blew it off as being gout or arthritis – I knew

better – lucky for me I have an inside tract in the medical field –

even then it has been very hard for me to get the care I need – have

been blown off my many other doctors (have seen 19 this past year).

They also respond much better if my spouse is in the room (also good

to have her since I cannot remember things well anymore – she stands

up for me and gets the point across). I really understood when you

spoke of the tear in Cliffs eye during a lab test you mentioned

several weeks ago in an email.

Hope this helps, I have been worked up for cancer several times – in

fact going through test for multiple mets right now – I keep

saying " It's the RSD guys causing my personality change, moods,

balance, bone pain, what ever, etc. – but they don't listen

(actually they are just doing their job and are caring) but that

causes so much more stress and anticipation on me and my wife's

part – going from doctor to doctor – and test after test – all with

no real clear cut answers – well you know what I mean.

Tim, I hope this helps (and is understandable – it's on of those

nights), PLEASE Tim, let me know anymore or what you found out.

May God be with you and comfort both of you,

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