CT scan radiation level risk?

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    • September 1, 2012 at 1:31 am
    JC
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      How much increased risk for other future cancers do CT scans create due to radiation exposure?  Is it really true that one CT scan is like 500 x rays?

      How much increased risk for other future cancers do CT scans create due to radiation exposure?  Is it really true that one CT scan is like 500 x rays?

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        • September 1, 2012 at 1:12 pm
        john partrick michael murphy
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          I have no idea if it is or not, and really don’t care. I get a brain MRI and CT scans every other month at MGH in Boston as part of the protocol in the GSK BRAf/MEK trial.

          The MRI is confining all right, but I prefer it to the most commodious of coffins I have seen, which are much larger, lined with fine linen, and posh pillows. Bring it on, that radiation, for it is the foreman of the jury, that tells us how the battle is going. It is the light in all the darkness, guiding the way for our heroic researchers, who are bringing so many of us back. Looking foreword to my next one, on September 5, which will be 23 months from date of discovery of my tumors, which turned out to be stage 4 melanoma.

            • September 1, 2012 at 1:49 pm
            jmmm
            Participant
              Thanks so much John Patrick Michael Murphy! After a very stressful week of a CT, a MRI and bad complications, your response just made me laugh so hard (my hubby, too!). We’ve learned that worrying about all the what Ifs when dealing with a terminal disease doesn’t fix anything and causes you to miss out on so much. You helped us realize that we aren’t the only ones trying to use humor to deal with the stress and fear of this awful disease:). My husband’s doctors think we’re crazy! Good to know we’re not the only ones:)
              • September 1, 2012 at 1:49 pm
              jmmm
              Participant
                Thanks so much John Patrick Michael Murphy! After a very stressful week of a CT, a MRI and bad complications, your response just made me laugh so hard (my hubby, too!). We’ve learned that worrying about all the what Ifs when dealing with a terminal disease doesn’t fix anything and causes you to miss out on so much. You helped us realize that we aren’t the only ones trying to use humor to deal with the stress and fear of this awful disease:). My husband’s doctors think we’re crazy! Good to know we’re not the only ones:)
                • September 1, 2012 at 1:49 pm
                jmmm
                Participant
                  Thanks so much John Patrick Michael Murphy! After a very stressful week of a CT, a MRI and bad complications, your response just made me laugh so hard (my hubby, too!). We’ve learned that worrying about all the what Ifs when dealing with a terminal disease doesn’t fix anything and causes you to miss out on so much. You helped us realize that we aren’t the only ones trying to use humor to deal with the stress and fear of this awful disease:). My husband’s doctors think we’re crazy! Good to know we’re not the only ones:)
                • September 1, 2012 at 1:12 pm
                john partrick michael murphy
                Participant
                  I have no idea if it is or not, and really don’t care. I get a brain MRI and CT scans every other month at MGH in Boston as part of the protocol in the GSK BRAf/MEK trial.

                  The MRI is confining all right, but I prefer it to the most commodious of coffins I have seen, which are much larger, lined with fine linen, and posh pillows. Bring it on, that radiation, for it is the foreman of the jury, that tells us how the battle is going. It is the light in all the darkness, guiding the way for our heroic researchers, who are bringing so many of us back. Looking foreword to my next one, on September 5, which will be 23 months from date of discovery of my tumors, which turned out to be stage 4 melanoma.

                  • September 1, 2012 at 1:12 pm
                  john partrick michael murphy
                  Participant
                    I have no idea if it is or not, and really don’t care. I get a brain MRI and CT scans every other month at MGH in Boston as part of the protocol in the GSK BRAf/MEK trial.

                    The MRI is confining all right, but I prefer it to the most commodious of coffins I have seen, which are much larger, lined with fine linen, and posh pillows. Bring it on, that radiation, for it is the foreman of the jury, that tells us how the battle is going. It is the light in all the darkness, guiding the way for our heroic researchers, who are bringing so many of us back. Looking foreword to my next one, on September 5, which will be 23 months from date of discovery of my tumors, which turned out to be stage 4 melanoma.

                    • September 1, 2012 at 6:09 pm
                    MichaelFL
                    Participant

                      MRI's do not give off radiation. They are magnets. Hence the term MRI-Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

                      If you have any type of cancer, I would not worry about radiation. But if you do, here is a website that will show you just how little the danger really is:http://www.xrayrisk.com/calculator/calculator.php

                        • September 2, 2012 at 12:49 am
                        JC
                        Participant

                          are these calculations really legit?  based on what?

                          • September 2, 2012 at 12:49 am
                          JC
                          Participant

                            are these calculations really legit?  based on what?

                            • September 2, 2012 at 12:49 am
                            JC
                            Participant

                              are these calculations really legit?  based on what?

                            • September 1, 2012 at 6:09 pm
                            MichaelFL
                            Participant

                              MRI's do not give off radiation. They are magnets. Hence the term MRI-Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

                              If you have any type of cancer, I would not worry about radiation. But if you do, here is a website that will show you just how little the danger really is:http://www.xrayrisk.com/calculator/calculator.php

                              • September 1, 2012 at 6:09 pm
                              MichaelFL
                              Participant

                                MRI's do not give off radiation. They are magnets. Hence the term MRI-Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

                                If you have any type of cancer, I would not worry about radiation. But if you do, here is a website that will show you just how little the danger really is:http://www.xrayrisk.com/calculator/calculator.php

                                • September 1, 2012 at 6:15 pm
                                killmel
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                                  • September 1, 2012 at 6:15 pm
                                  killmel
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                                    • September 1, 2012 at 6:15 pm
                                    killmel
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                                      • September 3, 2012 at 2:24 pm
                                      dellriol
                                      Participant

                                        I actually read that same thing while sitting in the doctors office waiting for my bi-monthly CT.

                                        • September 3, 2012 at 2:24 pm
                                        dellriol
                                        Participant

                                          I actually read that same thing while sitting in the doctors office waiting for my bi-monthly CT.

                                          • September 3, 2012 at 2:24 pm
                                          dellriol
                                          Participant

                                            I actually read that same thing while sitting in the doctors office waiting for my bi-monthly CT.

                                            • September 5, 2012 at 10:36 am
                                            JC
                                            Participant

                                              Is 23 mSv (the effective dose I received for the CT) really bad exposure risk?

                                              • September 5, 2012 at 10:36 am
                                              JC
                                              Participant

                                                Is 23 mSv (the effective dose I received for the CT) really bad exposure risk?

                                                • September 5, 2012 at 10:36 am
                                                JC
                                                Participant

                                                  Is 23 mSv (the effective dose I received for the CT) really bad exposure risk?

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