tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post1880739781123317077..comments2024-03-22T17:05:55.267-04:00Comments on MD Whistleblower: CAT Scans - Lighting the Fuse!Michael Kirsch, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-66508506576838202452009-07-27T14:48:17.091-04:002009-07-27T14:48:17.091-04:00Linda, Understandably, I cannot offer any advice o...Linda, Understandably, I cannot offer any advice or opinion on an individual patient, such as your husband. I encourage you both to discuss your questions with his treating physicians. I wish your husband the very best.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-59567292288326037302009-07-27T14:13:16.654-04:002009-07-27T14:13:16.654-04:00I am very interested in the perspective you have p...I am very interested in the perspective you have put on CAT scans and would like to know what you think about PET scans. I am a nurse and my husband has had a sarcoma removed from his thich nearly 2 years ago. He has had CAT scans every 3 months since then. In January a 8mm sub pleural growth showed up and so it was suggested that a PET scan in 2 months would be the best way to go. After a very worrying 2 months the result of the PET was that there was no sign of any hot spot activity or change in size and he was given the OK. 3 months later the growth that had not changed for six months had suddenly grown to over 3cm. We joked that they had fed it with the PET scan but he is now in the position of having chemotherapy even though he is symptom free and felt fitter than before the leg sarcoma. We know that the lung is the likely place for mets but feel inclined to refuse any further PET scans - is this unfounded?Lindahttp://millenniumhealth.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-74583018676445003642009-04-03T12:15:00.000-04:002009-04-03T12:15:00.000-04:00On the other hand, the ER doc / radiologist / hosp...On the other hand, the ER doc / radiologist / hospital could easily have been sued by the patient if a CT scan was not ordered and something was missed.<BR/><BR/>Until doctors are allowed to practice judgment without fear of unjust medicolegal liability, this will not go away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com