http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/22/how-much-radiation-exposure-do-you-get-from-ct-scans/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/22/how-much-radiation-exposure-do-you-get-from-ct-scans/#comment-6531 david Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:40:08 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2920#comment-6531 I wonder that myself, too... I wonder that myself, too…

]]> http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/22/how-much-radiation-exposure-do-you-get-from-ct-scans/#comment-6530 Marie Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:07:02 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2920#comment-6530 This is a big issue for me. I am a cancer surviver (Hodgkins Lymphoma at age 38). To date I've had 6 CT scan sessions of my torso and 5 PET scans, as well as 1 month of solid radation treatments to finish off my 6 months of chemotherapy. Every 6 months my doctors want new scans to see how my chest/neck/pelvis looks to scan all of my lymph nodes, and to make sure the tumors aren't recurring. And to top it off I'm now "high risk" for breast cancer from my radiation treatments, so I have to have a mamogram every year and I'm only 40. I have to wonder, is all this radiation to make sure my cancer's not reoccurring causing me cancer? This is a big issue for me. I am a cancer surviver (Hodgkins Lymphoma at age 38). To date I’ve had 6 CT scan sessions of my torso and 5 PET scans, as well as 1 month of solid radation treatments to finish off my 6 months of chemotherapy. Every 6 months my doctors want new scans to see how my chest/neck/pelvis looks to scan all of my lymph nodes, and to make sure the tumors aren’t recurring. And to top it off I’m now “high risk” for breast cancer from my radiation treatments, so I have to have a mamogram every year and I’m only 40. I have to wonder, is all this radiation to make sure my cancer’s not reoccurring causing me cancer?

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