Whydoyou haveto take our blood? urine? The doctors check your blood to find outif you have blood disease. They check yoururineto find out if you have other diseases. For example, Dr. Conard found some people with diabetes (sugar sickness) which is not caused by radiation and he. was able to give them medicine. Anotherreasonis that the urine removes radiation from your bodyso the doctors wantto find outif you still have radiation by looking in your urine. Whydo they 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 makesure that they have enough blood. 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 littie. Part savedfor more tests Tested and thrown out Blood test Part ofthe blood is tested and can be thrown away. Another part is savedfor other tests at Brookhaven. Whydo you have to 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 -