Test Results and Stubbornness

Oy. So I got a call from my sister that she spoke with Dad who heard from a nurse at his doctor's office. Supposedly, they looked at the chest x-ray and it looks normal, but they want to do a CT scan. My dad doesn't want to bother with the CT scan because he's convinced that it is just pneumonia and he doesn't want to get the radiation. I'm surprised that my dad didn't bother contacting me. I'll try calling after he gets back from taking my mom out to dinner, which won't be for hours.

I'm not sure what to do with him. He needs to get this scan, I think. I'm not sure if anyone out there knows anything about lung cancer, but is it possible that he has it but it just didn't show up on the chest x-ray? Grr, who knows if he is even telling the truth though. I wouldn't put it past him to have the doctor's office tell him one thing and then for him to tell us something altogether different. He's so secretive.

There are all of these new people reading my blog (and old friends), it really makes me feel supported. Thanks!