Thank you again Mrs. D.

This is what I read:

Ritter passed away in 2003 of a torn aorta and since then, his family has received more than $14 million in settlements related to the actor's death. Ultimately, in this case, the jurors noted that Ritter did not heed the advice of his radiologist to see a physician, after he was advised to do so upon hearing the results of his 2001 body scan.

However, my guess is that it really means very little. It probably was routine to tell patients to see their physician after a body scan, if for no other reason than to obsolve them of responsibility.


When you say "The bottom line is that interpretation of the data is poor today. The technology always precedes successful interpretation of the data," I wonder if it would pay to drag our test results to several different physicians for a variety of opinions. Of course, this doesn't mean that we are getting the right tests in the first place. AND we run the risk of being stigmatized AND we run the risk of having the new doctor just go along with what the previous doctor dx'd. However, it might give one better odds at getting some insight into their health problem, and hopefully a proper dx.

p.s. DH isn't much of an Oprah fan either! (Just kidding around! LOL!)