Dexa Scan Failure

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

I was sent for a Dexa Scan and well I had it yesterday and the tech was unable to get an image. I was lying still and she said I was breathing to heavy which created a image. I was there for an hour. She smelled of cigarette. It felt horrible after this experience.

I did discover that with afib it is sometimes difficult to get and image.

Just venting

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SloopJohnB · ‎04-25-2020

@I am still oxox wrote:
I was sent for a Dexa Scan and well I had it yesterday and the tech was unable to get an image. I was lying still and she said I was breathing to heavy which created a image. I was there for an hour. She smelled of cigarette. It felt horrible after this experience.
I did discover that with afib it is sometimes difficult to get and image.
Just venting
@I am still oxox

How frustrating that must have been for you. Were you charged for that visit and did you have to reschedule? Also, I just got back on but don't see your wedding dress question. Was it moved?

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catter70 · ‎10-11-2017

Sorry to hear that. Will you be able to get another done and hope for a better outcome?

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

@SloopJohnB wrote:
@I am still oxox wrote:
I was sent for a Dexa Scan and well I had it yesterday and the tech was unable to get an image. I was lying still and she said I was breathing to heavy which created a image. I was there for an hour. She smelled of cigarette. It felt horrible after this experience.
I did discover that with afib it is sometimes difficult to get and image.
Just venting
@I am still oxox
How frustrating that must have been for you. Were you charged for that visit and did you have to reschedule? Also, I just got back on but don't see your wedding dress question. Was it moved?

@SloopJohnB The doctor can deal proceed with out it, I deleted the dress question because I had my weight range wrong

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

@catter70 wrote:
Sorry to hear that. Will you be able to get another done and hope for a better outcome?

@catter70 I am not going to do it again, the Dr can proceed with out it

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

@SloopJohnB wrote:
@I am still oxox wrote:
I was sent for a Dexa Scan and well I had it yesterday and the tech was unable to get an image. I was lying still and she said I was breathing to heavy which created a image. I was there for an hour. She smelled of cigarette. It felt horrible after this experience.
I did discover that with afib it is sometimes difficult to get and image.
Just venting
@I am still oxox
How frustrating that must have been for you. Were you charged for that visit and did you have to reschedule? Also, I just got back on but don't see your wedding dress question. Was it moved?

@SloopJohnB I am sure I my insurance will be charged, I was in with the fool for close to an hour

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

Tissyanne · ‎12-07-2012

@I am still oxox , this reminds me of an MRI that I had years ago on my knee. The guy kept telling me I was moving my knee, and I knew that I wasn't. He was very impatient, and hostile.

I was young then, but now I would have left .

I understand your frustration. You should let your insurance company know what was said. Just for their information. Certainly tell your doctor.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

@Tissyanne wrote:
@I am still oxox , this reminds me of an MRI that I had years ago on my knee. The guy kept telling me I was moving my knee, and I knew that I wasn't. He was very impatient, and hostile.

I was young then, but now I would have left .

I understand your frustration. You should let your insurance company know what was said. Just for their information. Certainly tell your doctor.

@Tissyanne I did tell my doctor. there is more to the story when I got there she saw the red sting on my writst and said that has to come off, it has no metal. It has been on my arm through surgery several times she was just a miserable witch

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

manny2 · ‎05-24-2010

By breathing too deeply or shifting slightly it can blur the image, especially around the spine or hip, where precision matters. There is nothing the tech can do at that point. If she spent an hour trying to get the image, she did her job.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I've never heard that having Afib is associated with Dexa scan problems. Moving from breathing heavily is most likely the culprit. Any kind of movement will cause blurring in the imaging.