Lung Cancer

[johio]

A few years ago, I was watching a documentary about a Lady named Barbara Hillary, the first black woman to reach the North and South Pole.She did this in her 70s.

Barbara said that she started smoking at age 19, and has smoked two packs a day ever since. One day she was reading about a new test to look for cancer in long time smokers. It was a relatively new test called a CT Lung Scan. They did the test and discovered stage 1 lung cancer. Since they caught it in such early stages, They operated and successfully removed it all.

This peaked my interest and I started to research this. Come to find out that this test is far more accurate than xrays. By the time the cancer shows on the xray, it usually is very serious, or too late. A Mayo Clinic study shows that a CT Scan will increase the chances of finding cancer in it's early stages by 85%, and at that point is treatable. and they recommend that long time smokers, 50 and over, have this done yearly. I had my first done last year, and now the VA is doing it and I am scheduled for another friday.

I am not advocating everyone go out and have this done. All I'm asking is that you research this procedure and ask you doctor about it. It could save your life