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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 635875" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>What is your gut telling you about this? Are you keeping track of ALL of your medical testing and results, regardless of what dr orders them? On a question about liver lesions a few weeks ago, I posted about the NEED to keep track of your tests and the actual results, NOT the letter that says you are 'normal', but the actual numbers and to plot these on a graph so that trends in the results can be seen.</p><p></p><p>Even specialists don't actually do this, and it is easy with computers so there is no excuse, in my opinion, except that they have never done it. Why the graphs? They show how things are changing over time, rather than the snapshot of what is going on at one moment in time. Think of how a photo o a mole shows how big it is, but several photos over a few months or years shows if it is growing or changing shape, color, etc.... THAT is the info that the docs need, but they don't put it all together even though they actually often have the info.</p><p></p><p>something is going on. I would push for the scan if at all possible, regardless of why. I would also get into the doctor that you TRUST and ask what the lab result that triggered this was, what the scan is looking for, and what the scan is seeing, and why a lab result would mean that the scan isn't needed. </p><p></p><p>I would be suspicious about the scan and want it done, but only if there is a real reason. As you already have a specialist to treat problems of this type or in this part of your body, I would go with what the specialist wants as long as you trust the doctor. If you don't trust the specialist, then push the other doctor to get the test done anyway. Either way it works out, I hope nothing is wrong that isn't very easily healed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 635875, member: 1233"] What is your gut telling you about this? Are you keeping track of ALL of your medical testing and results, regardless of what dr orders them? On a question about liver lesions a few weeks ago, I posted about the NEED to keep track of your tests and the actual results, NOT the letter that says you are 'normal', but the actual numbers and to plot these on a graph so that trends in the results can be seen. Even specialists don't actually do this, and it is easy with computers so there is no excuse, in my opinion, except that they have never done it. Why the graphs? They show how things are changing over time, rather than the snapshot of what is going on at one moment in time. Think of how a photo o a mole shows how big it is, but several photos over a few months or years shows if it is growing or changing shape, color, etc.... THAT is the info that the docs need, but they don't put it all together even though they actually often have the info. something is going on. I would push for the scan if at all possible, regardless of why. I would also get into the doctor that you TRUST and ask what the lab result that triggered this was, what the scan is looking for, and what the scan is seeing, and why a lab result would mean that the scan isn't needed. I would be suspicious about the scan and want it done, but only if there is a real reason. As you already have a specialist to treat problems of this type or in this part of your body, I would go with what the specialist wants as long as you trust the doctor. If you don't trust the specialist, then push the other doctor to get the test done anyway. Either way it works out, I hope nothing is wrong that isn't very easily healed. [/QUOTE]
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