Whydo youhaveto take our blood? urine? The doctors check vour blood to find out if you have blood disease. They check your urine to find outif you have other diseases. For example, Dr. Conard found some people with diabetes (sugar sickness) which is not caused by radiation and he wasable to give them medicine. Anotherreasonis that the urine removesradiation from vour bodyso the doctors wantto find out if youstill have radiation by looking in yoururine. Whydothey take our blood for examination and then throw someofit away? The doctors take your blood to study it. They need to study your blood three or four times so they want to make sure that they have enoughblood. It is better to take more blood than not enough because if they need more, they don’t have to stick the needle into your arm again. You haveplenty of blood so it won't hurt you to lose a little. Part savedfor more tests Tested and thrown out Blood test Part ofthe blood ts tested and can be thrown away. Another part is savedfor other tests at Brookhaven. Whydoyouhaveto drill into our bones? Radiation can cause blood disease and your blood is madeinside of your bones The doctors drill your bones to see if they are healthy. - 101 -