I called the lab today (VCS - Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists) and attempted to make an appointment with Dr. Phillips - the cardiologist who reviewed my latest scan. Murphy's Law. He is retiring in a few weeks and is not taking any new appointments. But as it turns out, he is just one of many cardiologists associated with VCS and the cardiologist I saw 2 years ago is also associated with VSC. He has access to my image data and can perform the same review that Dr. Phillips would have done. Murphy's Law again. My cardiologist has no time slots available until September. So what we did was to book an appointment with another cardiologist from the same practice as the first doctor that I saw. The purpose of the appointment is to compare results of the two scans and to validate their accuracy. That will happen this Wednesday. Hopefully I will find reason to erase my doubts about this astounding drop in my calcium score.

I did ask about the change in the report since the first CAC scan was done. They did upgrade their machine and it is supposed to be even more detailed & accurate at detecting disease. But how much more accurate is my question. Was my first scan a wild, bogus, guess? A software update should not be responsible for a 54% variance.

While I was on the phone I asked about getting image data from both scans burned to a CD. I told her that with my "unbelievable" reduction in calcification I may want to get a 3rd party review done. She put in that request, too. I'm glad that I asked.

Janet - I have not posted on the Ketogenic Forums lately, but I am a member. They tend to be a little more geeky on that forum, so I may add my results to the mix on that thread that you mentioned. Maybe I'll learn something. I'll wait until after Wednesday, though. If a huge mistake comes to light as a result of this review, I'd rather not be in a position to have to retract my claims from all over the internet. I've posted this in a couple of places already. I want to keep the CAC story current and complete everywhere that I'm talking about it.

My never-ending story continues. I'll keep you all posted on any new information.