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Lien · 12-15-2009, 02:35 AM

Good article. I wonder how much mammo's affect the outcome. We don't just get the CT scans, we get radiation from other sources as well. Would they cause an incremental effect? So much not known. I like to err on the safe side. So I have gradually postponed my 6 monthly and annual mammo's by a month every time, so I will reduce the lifetime exposure and not harm my checkup schedule too much. Over 10 years, I will receive fewer mammo's than I normally would have. And I don't think 1 month makes a lot of difference.

Jacqueline

12-15-2009, 02:35 AM	#7
Lien Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands Posts: 835	Re: Cumulative Radiation Risk -- Don't tell me I'm crying wolf Good article. I wonder how much mammo's affect the outcome. We don't just get the CT scans, we get radiation from other sources as well. Would they cause an incremental effect? So much not known. I like to err on the safe side. So I have gradually postponed my 6 monthly and annual mammo's by a month every time, so I will reduce the lifetime exposure and not harm my checkup schedule too much. Over 10 years, I will receive fewer mammo's than I normally would have. And I don't think 1 month makes a lot of difference. Jacqueline __________________ Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.