[White]

Debating on doing the Ezra Full Body scan – no health concerns of note but figured it wouldn’t hurt to potentially discover anything lurking.

Has anyone here done it, and if so what were your takeaways?

Conversely, had anyone looked into doing it and decided against it – if so, why?

I’d use HSA Funds and probably go for the highest level scan and probably every other year do the base scan to keep a baseline.

Of note, work gives me $1,500~ a year for health or life improvement so going forward I wouldn’t be touching HSA funds as has been the case to the point.

TIA

[Wendy]

My husband and I both did the Prenuvo MRI scan in March 2024 and I wrote about the process on my blog below.

For us, it was tremendously helpful as it discovered an aortic valve abnormality for my husband that is now being monitored by a cardiologist.

This gave us insight to have both of our children’s hearts scanned where we discovered that our son also has the same congenital aortic heart condition.

We are so thankful to be able to monitor this before something unexpected and scary happens.

[Stef]

If you do it, remember there are a lot of “findings” that are normal variation or nothing to worry about.

Medicine is not as precise as we would want it to be.

[Jule]

We did it and would not do it again. Later on we realized that it doesn’t pick up everything and also that everybody has something because it’s normal.

After talking to several doctors they all agreed that it was a waste of money.

It just makes you hyper paranoid for no good reason. Less than a year later I found fibroids in my uterus that the $2500 scan didn’t detect.

And for their size I know that they didn’t just grow overnight. Save your money.

Not to mention that the strong radiation is actually not good for you. It can cause more harm than good.

[Angela]

Just make sure your life insurance is up-to-date if you need it because once anything is discovered, you have to acknowledge same on any application.

[Rick]

No not yet but we are considering that starting next year and then every few years.

But it would be abroad and about $500 or slightly more as part of a comprehensive full checkup package in Malaysia, Thailand, etc.

That may be an option for you when you are paying for the cost as it could be a “free” vacation to get it done abroad.

[David]

I retired early at 56 years old and learned a year later that I was in stage 2 heart failure.

I had high blood pressure but visited the dr annually and did not have any symptoms until the Dr noticed something a year ago.

The blockages had been building over many years and a simple scan would have shown this.

I regret not having thought of the scan years ago
I have no knowledge of an Ezra scan but just would encourage anyone with risk factors to be aggressive with testing and to not completely trust the advice of Dr.

My #1 non regret is having made FI a goal many years ago. Thankful for early retirement

[Sarah]

No, I wouldn’t. See a functional medicine provider instead to do some root-cause work and get other regular screenings as recommended including a CT heart score, then symptomatically as things arise

[Emily]

I know someone who did the scan and found mass in her kidney and pancreas.

She is mid 30s just had 2 kids and the pillar of health. Pretty scary

[Beth]

The HSA account is your best retirement account. Or is for many. It’s triple tax advantaged.

Don’t use the funds unless you have no other options, the money is better off being invested.

[Helene]

If you have all of the insurance you’ll ever want or need, then yes, do it.

But anything you learn there can prevent you from getting life insurance, long term care insurance, certain health indemnity plans (think of the duck that screams the company name), or even certain other coverages for travel abroad, etc.

What you don’t know CAN hurt you financially even if it’s not something to worry about now.

[Ashley]

As many have said, these types of tests can detect many “normal” things. If you are a person who is usually very anxious about these things, I’d suggest avoiding it.

It is also going to potentially miss a lot of things that require more detailed scanning.

But if it might help, why not? I didn’t do it, but I did once get a free Xray from a chiropractor and he found an aggressive kidney tumor at stage 1 that I would not have know about otherwise until it was likely too late.

So, I’d say go for it.

But probably not bank on doing it every couple of years. Go once then follow up with diff docs as needed.

[Cris]

A lot of people go to Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur to do the full body scan and a long list of other tests which you can get for around $800.

It’s an entire day of testing and much more thorough.

I have plenty of friends who have gone to both locations to do it.

It’s not something I’m interested in.

[Rocky]

I am doing simon one plus head and neck. More for arterial plaque and a general look.

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