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Originally Posted by Homeslice
Never ceases to amaze me how nobody keeps track of how many x-rays and scans they've had in a year. Totally fucking retarded.
There seems to be a mentality in this country that "only a pussy would worry about stuff like that."
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Um, unless it's something you do often, why would you keep track of it? Especially since most folks dont realize it can be bad for them.
Most folks trust their Dr., after all, they went to school for this, it's their job to keep us healthy and not endanger us. Who would think that the Dr. would be putting you at risk when they're just "taking a picture" to determine the problem?
The Dr.'s never say, I'm going to put you in this machine and its going to take a picture but while doing so it can give you cancer 10 years from now.
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Originally Posted by Smittie61984
But if they don't up the radiation and miss something then they wind up in court and having a lawyer tell them "So you could have upped the radiation and caught this and patient X would be alive today having a picnic with their sweet little children (points to now fatherless/motherless children and waits for the jury to go Aaaawwwweee) after going to church on Sunday"
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Sadly, this is so true.