Ok...I don't know, but Kevin's card he got from his RO after tx said 60 IMRT at 125gy each for a total of 7500. He went twice a day for 30 days. I thought that was a lot...now I know it was.
Does this mean he wins the gold???
One year PET tomorrow guys. Good thoughts appreciated!!

Sorry: sounds like it's a typo by a sloppy writing RO who wrote cGY instead of GY. It should have said he had 7500 cGy , which used to be called 7500 rads, which is 75 GY.
If he really had 125 GY 60 times, he'd be dead especially with IMRT; physical fact that it's impossible to survive 7,500 GY, or 75,000 rads. Shame on the RO for not correctly giving the individual doses as 125cGy.
Another typo the RO could have made was to leave out the period: if Kevin had 1.25GY 60x, that's very probable and normal, and adds up to 75GY.

Bummer. Thought we won...Man...we never win anything....
Looked in chart notes, yup cGY. Smart guy!! Take all the fun outta things!

KATHY

Trust me, this is NOT a contest anyone wants to win. It's tumor humor but suits my mood right now.
But keep those GY scores coming. Hint: Very unlikely anyone who has not joined the recurrence club is going to be in the running.
Charm

Trust me, it's not fun being the leader. It means that I have fewer and fewer options moving forward.

I do think this is an interesting exercise. It gives us all a look at the changing face of what is an acceptable lifetime radiation dosage.

Conventional thinking not too long ago was that you could only get radiation once (70 GY) and that was it. As targeting software and methodologies have advanced, so too have additional options for those of us with recurrences.

So keep those numbers coming, I�m curious to see what others have been through.

does sitting out in the Aussie sun drinking coffee count? WITHOUT SUNSCREEN OR A HAT?

[quote=klo]does sitting out in the Aussie sun drinking coffee count? WITHOUT SUNSCREEN OR A HAT?[/quote]
Karen -- What? No "slip, slap, slop"? (Is that campaign still running? I remember it from a visit to Perth to see friends in the early '90s.)

I was at our CCC today to visit my MO, and while there I asked the RO's assistant how many GY's I had received during the two sets of radiation. Turns out my total is 124 from 62 rad tx.

So, for all those who are told that they have had their lifetime dose of radiation, point to Kelly and Charm and I. The three are probably not allowed in the same room together as the glow might disrupt satellite transmissions, but we are HERE.

Not that I am a COMPETITIVE person or anything, but I do believe that gives me the Bronze Medal?? LOL

Donna

Charm,
I know. I was trying to be humorous too!! Gotta keep it light to get through the worry and with the PET the next day there was stress. All is well though. The PET was clear.
I am hoping we don't ever have to be in close competition with the 3 of you, but if we do I pray we will face it with as much courage and strength as you have had.
Thanks for always being here,
Kathy

Okay
Coming around the curve, we find the front runners are

Kelly211 with 190 GY
Charm2017 with 137 GY
Pandora99 with 125 GY

Looks like Medals for all so far in the Radiation Olympics .

BUT I've decided to keep this race open a little while longer so that the infrequent posters and lurkers can still enter.
Plus this thread is serving an important purpose: encouraging posters who already have had radiation treatment to go back to their doctors and get their actual GY count. Just be sure that's its apple and oranges. If your doctor' records only has RADS, or cGY, we can convert it here for you into GY.
Radiation doses for cancer treatment are measured in a unit called a gray (Gy), which is a measure of the amount of radiation energy absorbed by 1 kilogram of human tissue.