# Bad bad bad Belly of the Beast! (Medical scans) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650 "2026-04-29T18:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/1 "2026-04-29T18:45:05Z")
Ol’ Beck is slid into a tube. Untold powers zapped into her broken, scrawny body again. I swear when I die..if you exhume me 10years in the future, I’ll be glowing in the dark. Really how much of this crap can a body take? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/2 "2026-04-29T18:49:17Z")
As much as it takes to make the Dr.'s mortgage payment. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/3 "2026-04-29T18:52:44Z")
What was the scan? An MRI scan is annoying but there’s no radiation involved. A CT scan zaps you with a lot of X-rays. I suppose eventually you might glow in the dark! ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/4 "2026-04-29T20:28:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > As much as it takes to make the Dr.'s mortgage payment. If only of it were that simple, for example the doctor alone needs a Caribbean vacation. And then their is the hospital infrastructure and grift to politicians. If you die all of this takes a hit, the rest of us are counting on you to endure least we have to take up the slack. Good luck, we’re counting on you to glow on. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/5 "2026-04-29T20:53:05Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Good luck, we’re counting on you to glow on. Can’t say if she glows, but she’s positively _radiant!_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/6 "2026-04-29T21:06:46Z")
Very cute, Fish man. Just real special! 😉 It was X-rays and scans of my bum foot. Dang thing. Just keeps being an ass. Well, not an ass exactly, but a real bother. Doc gives a good report. Seems amputation is not necessary (that’s a joke. While it’s possible to lose lower limbs from diabetes, I’m not quite at that point). He stated rest another week and carefully start walking on it. And, don’t sign up for any marathons. Oh he mentioned rehab/PT. But the jokes on him. Ain’t gonna!! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/7 "2026-04-29T21:24:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Doc gives a good report. 👍 🎉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/8 "2026-04-30T02:57:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Just real special! Yes you are. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650/9 "2026-04-30T05:54:02Z")
Even though you get radiation with a CT scan, at least the tube is short and it doesn’t take very long. It’s not like that long claustrophobic tube you spend an hour in for an MRI.