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> My father is a part of "full body PET scan every 3 years" program as part of post - cancer treatment, These treatments are wonderful and it is great that the
by p0pularopinion 8mo ago
> My father is a part of "full body PET scan every 3 years" program as part of post - cancer treatment,
These treatments are wonderful and it is great that they exist. But many people fail to understand the difference in terms of pretest probability, etc.
I can absolutely see the heavy psychological impact pending biopsy results may have. People are quick to discount these issues when you raise them as a concern, but only if they never went through this stress themselves
- mcbain 8mo agoI have multiple scans a year. "Scanxiety" is real.
- lostlogin 8mo agoMultiple PETs?
- mcbain 8mo agoYes, with MRI brain too. I was on 4/year, but that number is reducing as time goes on without recurrence.
- lostlogin 8mo agoSorry, I missed a key detail. What you are describing isn’t the ‘whole body mri’ I’m referencing by to. People in high risk situations like multiple myeloma, or various metastic diseases, or system conditions are a whole different category and there is clear benefit to screening them. It sounds like you have had a tough time.
- vasco 8mo agoI do once a year and have skipped 2 because of that. I've since resumed but for a while I convinced myself I'd rather not know.
- robocat 8mo ago> Scanxiety Cute written word - even though two words pronounced completely differently at join (an versus añ). Which do you pronounce correctly the scan or the anxiety? [scan]xiety or [sk]anxiety
- hbs18 8mo agoAs a non-native English speaker, pronouncing it scan-xiety (sken-ZAHyetee) feels correct.
- mcbain 8mo agoThe former. It doesn't quite roll off the tongue, but with my (Australian) accent the difference is minor.
- robocat 8mo agoKiwi here - I'll use the word with my friends in future because a label does help.