Why do you haveto take our blood? urine? The doctors check your blood to find out if you have blood disease. They check your urine tofind out if you have other diseases. For example, Dr. Conard found some people with diabetes (sugar sickness) which is not caused byradiation and he was able to give them medicine. Anotherreasonis that the urine removesradiation from vour bodyso the doctors want to find outif you still have radiation by looking in your urine. Whydotheytake 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 enough blood. It is better to take more blood than not enough becauseif they need more, they don’t have tostick 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 1s savedfor other tests at Brookhaven. Whydo you haveto 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. - lol -