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These indications are relatively easy to get. My wife and I got 3/4 body preventative CT scans done a few years back. My score was under 90, while my wife had a “0.” We got a copy of the whole set of images for future reference, along with a Windows program to use to fly through” our bodies. The total radiation dose was 1/10 of a prior chest X-ray, thanks to the latest technology in the CT used. No contrast was used.

You can get just a heart scan, which provide excellent insight into your likely calcium issue, for as little as $100, if you find a place that does occasional holiday sales (Valentine’s, July 4th, etc.). States where you can find these scans include Florida and Texas, although my first one was in the 1990s in Illinois (again, preventative). I had a chest X-ray due to presenting with dehydration, recently, and the supplements I took to reduce the calcium score worked—no calcium showed on it (I got the X-rays from that, too).

Those are the only times in my life I’ve had scans, so far.

For those undergoing any procedure that provides such insight, radiologists can provide you your CAC and measure the PA-to-artery ratio for you. Do note as we age, the ratio gets worse, and it gets worse for women, first, from a recent study I saw and might post.

So work on keeping some decent level of musculature and on keeping your CAC score low (or zero). Diet and exercise and supplements can all help, making something like a lung cancer diagnosis, easier to survive.

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> and the supplements I took to reduce the calcium score worked—no calcium showed on it <

Question: Is the ‘calcium’ in this story the same ‘calcium’ that can accumulate anywhere in our body? Is there a way to decrease calcium in my brain?

I have a calcium deposit in my brain. In 2013 it was 1.4 x 1.1cm to 1.8 x 1.2 cm
in 2021. Won’t operate because of other things I have going on. I won’t take calcium pills. Doctor says I should tale Prolio because I have low bone density.
I’m afraid that would just add to the growth in my brain.