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When the diagnostic process feels like a treatment

The bone scan shows my cancer has not spread but I cannot stop thinking about how radioactive material had to travel through my whole body to prove I am okay.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Medical procedures meant to provide reassurance can feel invasive enough to create new anxieties about bodily contamination.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Medical imaging and what it shows?”

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