# Newbie overwhelmed =) **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 13, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/newbie-overwhelmed/1366 "2016-06-13T20:18:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Jules](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/jules/32/404_2.png) [@Jules](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Jules)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/newbie-overwhelmed/1366/2 "2016-06-14T05:58:16Z")
Hi! It can be overwhelming, and exhausting to keep trying different doctors. I’m UK, so not very familiar with the US system, but a 3d CT is the best scan for diagnosis, most other members have been able to get that at least… Mine was spotted and diagnosed on a panoramic X-ray/ panorex, so it can be seen other ways, but looking ahead most docs prefer the CT, so you don’t want to keep exposing yourself to too much radiation… If you are thinking of looking further afield, probably again you’d find that you’d need to send a copy of a CT scan to the doctor anyway. There was a recent discussion about what Dr Samji’s office prefers- it’s clarified at the end of the discussion: > [@CT neck non-contrast "styloid protocol"?](http://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/ct-neck-non-contrast-styloid-protocol/1016): > > One of our forum members was recently in contact with Dr. Samji’s assistant. In the past, Dr. Samji and his assistant both told me that he only wants to see the CT scan (with contrast was better) and that he didn’t want to see the scan reports. He wanted to do the evaluation himself based on the scan. But it looks like they changed that now. Dr. Samji’s assistant said in an email: “ So the only way to diagnose (mostly) Eagles syndrome is a CT neck non-contrast "styloid protocol" which means… Hopefully some US members will give you advice about getting round the system! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/newbie-overwhelmed/1366)._