Comments on: CAT scan queen http://cancerslayergyrl.com/2009/12/21/cat-scan-queen/ notes documenting the journey after Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Catherine http://cancerslayergyrl.com/2009/12/21/cat-scan-queen/#comment-706 Catherine Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:51:07 +0000 http://cancerslayergyrl.com/?p=1312#comment-706 It's amazing more people do not know the terrible risks involved in CT and octeoscan. The dyes themselves are risky, not to mention the other exposure. My daughter had cancer up until age 5...congenital, born with it due to my Army exposure to radiation, teratogenic chemical agents and drinking barracks water 8 time the legal threshold of the uppermost limit of safety. After she was marked as 'cured' at age 5, I stopped letting her do scans when she was 6...pooh-pooh to the oncologist tsk'ing. My impetus: my favourite aunt had DCIS which metastasized enormously after she did bimonthly scanning for a year. That was enough for me to spare my little girl the horror of rebattling of the dreaded disease we had just fought a horrific fight with, only winning by the skins of our teeth. I know for certain echelons of survivors there is no other choice in diagnostics for prognosis and subsequent treatment choices, but certainly there should be other options available for those who believe such as I; that CT scans and such irradiative diagnostic techniques are not the healthiest of tests. I've wondered recently why couldn't there be a chemical bloodmarker test that could be developed specifically for diagnosis of occurence/reoccurence of each and any type of cancer based partly on each cancer's inherent antigen blueprint? There's gotta be a solution to this issue. I'm in support of genetic funding for this kind of stuff. It’s amazing more people do not know the terrible risks involved in CT and octeoscan. The dyes themselves are risky, not to mention the other exposure. My daughter had cancer up until age 5…congenital, born with it due to my Army exposure to radiation, teratogenic chemical agents and drinking barracks water 8 time the legal threshold of the uppermost limit of safety. After she was marked as ‘cured’ at age 5, I stopped letting her do scans when she was 6…pooh-pooh to the oncologist tsk’ing. My impetus: my favourite aunt had DCIS which metastasized enormously after she did bimonthly scanning for a year. That was enough for me to spare my little girl the horror of rebattling of the dreaded disease we had just fought a horrific fight with, only winning by the skins of our teeth.

I know for certain echelons of survivors there is no other choice in diagnostics for prognosis and subsequent treatment choices, but certainly there should be other options available for those who believe such as I; that CT scans and such irradiative diagnostic techniques are not the healthiest of tests. I’ve wondered recently why couldn’t there be a chemical bloodmarker test that could be developed specifically for diagnosis of occurence/reoccurence of each and any type of cancer based partly on each cancer’s inherent antigen blueprint?

There’s gotta be a solution to this issue. I’m in support of genetic funding for this kind of stuff.

]]> By: Frank http://cancerslayergyrl.com/2009/12/21/cat-scan-queen/#comment-688 Frank Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:07:47 +0000 http://cancerslayergyrl.com/?p=1312#comment-688 The cat scan thing is scary. I had to go to the er this summer and they wouldn't give me a cat scan. They're cutting back on them. The cat scan thing is scary. I had to go to the er this summer and they wouldn’t give me a cat scan. They’re cutting back on them.

]]> By: Sharon http://cancerslayergyrl.com/2009/12/21/cat-scan-queen/#comment-590 Sharon Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:43:33 +0000 http://cancerslayergyrl.com/?p=1312#comment-590 Chana, The news about your health is the best holiday present ever! Here's to a healthy 2010. You're the best! Chana,

The news about your health is the best holiday present ever! Here’s to a healthy 2010.
You’re the best!

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