Connecting with patients, past and present, to help each other survive.
Welcome to Melanoma Patients Australia Ltd
Welcome to Melanoma Patients Australia. We hope that you find the available information useful and contact with other patients comforting and inspiring. The aim of the website is to provide melanoma patients, their family and friends with information about melanoma and its treatment options, as well as providing a support network to nurture them through difficult times.
What's it like?
What's it like to have a CT scan?
Computed tomography (CT) is a medical imaging method employing tomography. Digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation. The word "tomography" is derived from the Greek tomos (slice) and graphein (to write).
The following personal story is one that needs to be told for so many reasons - but even as I sit down to write it there is a surreal feeling in the telling.
It was a Wednesday morning 5 weeks ago when Julie rang me at home a couple of hours before we were to start work.Three year old Sarah had a persistent cold and although Julie felt sure that our local GP would probably not recommend an antibiotic for her – Julie felt she still wanted the child to visit the doctor.
Normally Julie takes her little girl to the doctor but on that particular morning she had a client flying up from Melbourne especially to see her and it was my day off.We decided it would probably be a good idea if I took Sarah to the doctor on this occasion.
