Re: OT: CT Scan might have saved my life!!
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texte = Hi Sal, That is wonderful that you found out soon. Hopefully everything will be fine with your surgery Dale sal danna wrote: > The year 2006 is both a tragedy and a blessing for me. I had been > pushing my father for over a year to get a full body scan as a > preventitive measure. Out of the blue one day, he told me to schedule > a full body scan for the both of us. Although I didn't think it was > necessary for someone who is 33 to get such a scan, I went ahead and > made the appointment. > > I called the LifeScore Clinic to set the date for the exam. I was told > that the earliest appointment was weeks away unless I wanted to come > in on Friday, January the 13th, which was wide open. For Sicilians, 13 > is actually considered a lucky number, so I made the appointment. One > of the main reasons we chose LifeScore was because of their > ColonScore. It's much less invasive than the regular way a colonoscapy > is usually performed and it was an area my father was concerned about. > > On January 13, 2006 we both had our scans. I had the TotalScore and my > father had the UltraScore. We were immediately given our HeartScore > which showed some plaque on my dads arteries and no plaque on any of > my arteries, which should be expected for someone my age. When we were > finished, I scheduled a consultation to go over all of the results of > my father's scan with the doctor. I didn't schedule one for myself > since I figured it would be a waste of money considering my age and > all. > > The following week, I went with my father for his consultation on the > results of his scan. The doctor showed us a 3D representation of my > father's colonoscapy which showed that everything was normal. > > Then the doctor turned to me and said she was glad that I had come > with my father because she needed to go over my results with me. She > said it was very rare for someone my age to have such a scan, but in > my case, it was a good choice. I was told that the scan found some > sort of tissue mass in my right kidney and she wanted me to schedule > an Abdominal CT Scan with contrast dye injected during the procedure > so that she could make a better diagnosis. I immediately scheduled the > scan for the following week. > > On January 31, 2006 I had my second scan where they injected some sort > of dye in my veins during the scan. Immediately after the dye is > injected, all of your insides become warm which only lasts about 30 > seconds or so. When I was finished, I was told the doctor would call > me as soon as she went over the results. > > A few days later, I got the call. I was told that I had a 3.4 cm > kidney tumor that was of concern and needed to be removed as possible > kidney cancer. Upon further research, it turns out that no biopsy is > performed before surgery because of the location and risk of spreading > the cancer. The stats show that 90% of the time, the tumor is > malignant. > > I am scheduled this Friday for a Open Partial Nephrectomy which will > remove the tumor and surrounding tissue while saving the rest of the > Kidney. > > One of the major reasons for my posting is to encourage others who can > afford to have a full body scan to do it. That scan probably saved my > life. Who knows how big the tumor would have been if I had never had > the scan and it was left to just grow? If I had waited for symptoms, > the cancer could have spread to other organs in my body and it would > have been too late. > > Don't put it off, if you can afford such a scan, do it!!! > > Sal D'Anna > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Hi Sal, That is wonderful that you found out soon. Hopefully everything will be fine with your surgery Dale sal danna wrote: > The year 2006 is both a tragedy and a blessing for me. I had been > pushing my father for over a year to get a full body scan as a > preventitive measure. Out of the blue one day, he told me to schedule > a full body scan for the both of us. Although I didn't think it was > necessary for someone who is 33 to get such a scan, I went ahead and > made the appointment. > > I called the LifeScore Clinic to set the date for the exam. I was told > that the earliest appointment was weeks away unless I wanted to come > in on Friday, January the 13th, which was wide open. For Sicilians, 13 > is actually considered a lucky number, so I made the appointment. One > of the main reasons we chose LifeScore was because of their > ColonScore. It's much less invasive than the regular way a colonoscapy > is usually performed and it was an area my father was concerned about. > > On January 13, 2006 we both had our scans. I had the TotalScore and my > father had the UltraScore. We were immediately given our HeartScore > which showed some plaque on my dads arteries and no plaque on any of > my arteries, which should be expected for someone my age. When we were > finished, I scheduled a consultation to go over all of the results of > my father's scan with the doctor. I didn't schedule one for myself > since I figured it would be a waste of money considering my age and > all. > > The following week, I went with my father for his consultation on the > results of his scan. The doctor showed us a 3D representation of my > father's colonoscapy which showed that everything was normal. > > Then the doctor turned to me and said she was glad that I had come > with my father because she needed to go over my results with me. She > said it was very rare for someone my age to have such a scan, but in > my case, it was a good choice. I was told that the scan found some > sort of tissue mass in my right kidney and she wanted me to schedule > an Abdominal CT Scan with contrast dye injected during the procedure > so that she could make a better diagnosis. I immediately scheduled the > scan for the following week. > > On January 31, 2006 I had my second scan where they injected some sort > of dye in my veins during the scan. Immediately after the dye is > injected, all of your insides become warm which only lasts about 30 > seconds or so. When I was finished, I was told the doctor would call > me as soon as she went over the results. > > A few days later, I got the call. I was told that I had a 3.4 cm > kidney tumor that was of concern and needed to be removed as possible > kidney cancer. Upon further research, it turns out that no biopsy is > performed before surgery because of the location and risk of spreading > the cancer. The stats show that 90% of the time, the tumor is > malignant. > > I am scheduled this Friday for a Open Partial Nephrectomy which will > remove the tumor and surrounding tissue while saving the rest of the > Kidney. > > One of the major reasons for my posting is to encourage others who can > afford to have a full body scan to do it. That scan probably saved my > life. Who knows how big the tumor would have been if I had never had > the scan and it was left to just grow? If I had waited for symptoms, > the cancer could have spread to other organs in my body and it would > have been too late. > > Don't put it off, if you can afford such a scan, do it!!! > > Sal D'Anna > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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