Dr. Sunita Sah

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That day, I had this immense central chest pain and I hadn't felt any pain like this before. So I was worried about it and I thought I need to get this checked out. I was fairly new to having moved to the US. And so I went to the emergency room and immediately there's loads of tests being done. And they did an electrocardiogram, which was the main thing I was concerned about.

That day, I had this immense central chest pain and I hadn't felt any pain like this before. So I was worried about it and I thought I need to get this checked out. I was fairly new to having moved to the US. And so I went to the emergency room and immediately there's loads of tests being done. And they did an electrocardiogram, which was the main thing I was concerned about.

That day, I had this immense central chest pain and I hadn't felt any pain like this before. So I was worried about it and I thought I need to get this checked out. I was fairly new to having moved to the US. And so I went to the emergency room and immediately there's loads of tests being done. And they did an electrocardiogram, which was the main thing I was concerned about.

Like, am I having a heart attack? Yeah. And everything was normal, thank goodness. And the pain was subsiding. It was going away. So I thought, great, I'm going to be discharged. And then the doctor came in. She was kind of young and confident. And she just said, oh, I'll need you to have a CT scan before you go. And I was like, why?

Like, am I having a heart attack? Yeah. And everything was normal, thank goodness. And the pain was subsiding. It was going away. So I thought, great, I'm going to be discharged. And then the doctor came in. She was kind of young and confident. And she just said, oh, I'll need you to have a CT scan before you go. And I was like, why?

Like, am I having a heart attack? Yeah. And everything was normal, thank goodness. And the pain was subsiding. It was going away. So I thought, great, I'm going to be discharged. And then the doctor came in. She was kind of young and confident. And she just said, oh, I'll need you to have a CT scan before you go. And I was like, why?

And she was like, oh, we just want to make sure you don't have a pulmonary embolism. PE is a blood clot in the lungs. And it has a specific type of pain. And I worked for six months in respiratory medicine, which you call pulmonary here. And this type of pain when you have an embolism in the lung is what we call pleuritic chest pain. It's a sharp pain.

And she was like, oh, we just want to make sure you don't have a pulmonary embolism. PE is a blood clot in the lungs. And it has a specific type of pain. And I worked for six months in respiratory medicine, which you call pulmonary here. And this type of pain when you have an embolism in the lung is what we call pleuritic chest pain. It's a sharp pain.

And she was like, oh, we just want to make sure you don't have a pulmonary embolism. PE is a blood clot in the lungs. And it has a specific type of pain. And I worked for six months in respiratory medicine, which you call pulmonary here. And this type of pain when you have an embolism in the lung is what we call pleuritic chest pain. It's a sharp pain.

It catches your breath when you breathe in and breathe out. And I didn't have that type of pain. I didn't want to have this CT scan she was talking about because it's on average, 70 times the amount of radiation of an X-ray. And even though it's still small, why have ionizing radiation, which can cause cancer many years into the future, why take the risk, right? If it's unnecessary. Yeah.

It catches your breath when you breathe in and breathe out. And I didn't have that type of pain. I didn't want to have this CT scan she was talking about because it's on average, 70 times the amount of radiation of an X-ray. And even though it's still small, why have ionizing radiation, which can cause cancer many years into the future, why take the risk, right? If it's unnecessary. Yeah.

It catches your breath when you breathe in and breathe out. And I didn't have that type of pain. I didn't want to have this CT scan she was talking about because it's on average, 70 times the amount of radiation of an X-ray. And even though it's still small, why have ionizing radiation, which can cause cancer many years into the future, why take the risk, right? If it's unnecessary. Yeah.

So I had the knowledge in that situation and I should have said no. And yet I just couldn't say no. And so I was then wheeled into the room with a CT scan and the technician and I couldn't even say no then. I would just ask questions in this polite way like, oh, it's not a lot of radiation, is it?

So I had the knowledge in that situation and I should have said no. And yet I just couldn't say no. And so I was then wheeled into the room with a CT scan and the technician and I couldn't even say no then. I would just ask questions in this polite way like, oh, it's not a lot of radiation, is it?

So I had the knowledge in that situation and I should have said no. And yet I just couldn't say no. And so I was then wheeled into the room with a CT scan and the technician and I couldn't even say no then. I would just ask questions in this polite way like, oh, it's not a lot of radiation, is it?

Even though I knew because I wanted them to pick up on my discomfort and say, oh, do you not want this?

Even though I knew because I wanted them to pick up on my discomfort and say, oh, do you not want this?

Even though I knew because I wanted them to pick up on my discomfort and say, oh, do you not want this?