just hanging out

So, this has been a very interesting week with work. I absolutely love my job but I don't understand how come some doctors order tests on their patients when the patients obviously aren't able to stand the test. It is very hard sometimes. I feel like I'm almost causing more pain than actually helping. I learn so much working in health care and with radiation...like how little doctors and surgeons actually know about it. I had this doctor ask me the other day if when we are processing the cassettes if radiation is being released...ugh...no. I was reading my ASRT radtech journal and it actually had an article in it about radiation used in the operating room and how the doctors just don't understand the damage that can be caused to themselves being under the fluoro tube or standing so close all the time. I know they wear the lead and some even wear the lead lined surgical gloves but it's just interesting that so many don't have a real knowledge about radiation physics.