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Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 309 | Have a question:
Are there no other "screening" methods they can offer for part of the scans they may normally request, and then do scans maybe annually? My reason being for asking is once one has received radiation your body has been exposed to sooooooooooo much radiation already, adding in all of the xrays and scans they did prior to tx ... now they do a PET or CT every 3 months or so which have more rays than a normal xray and I wonder just how much the body can take before producing more cancer simply from all of the rays received? Seems like a cycle that could cause trouble for some?
Perhaps this all we have to offer with technology so far ... but thought maybe someone has received care somewhere where they follow a bit different protocol that may prove to be safer, long term?
Rita - Age 44
wife, mother of 4 - ages 3,16,21,24 & grandma to 1
(R upper) Maxillectomy 8/8/08 - UW / Seattle, WA.
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