Patricia states, "This may be true, but I have no control over the
background radiation to which I am exposed.  I do have control over
voluntary medical procedures that expose me to radiation.  Radiation itself
will cause cancer, and the risk, as I understand it, is cumulative.  So even
modest doses just add to the total.  And I have heard all my life that "It's
just a very small dose."  Then a few years later someone modifies some
technique and suddenly the "new & improved" technique is much safer than the
one that was supposed to have been "safe" before. =20

Pardon me, but doesn't this sound a lot like formula marketing?  =20"

Actually it does NOT sound like ABM advertising to me.  Formula companies
are much more obtrusive & bold.  I have never received a donut, cake, tape
measure, pen, coffee mug, mammogram samples or make-up bags from a Mammogram
center.  And, I have never seen them take out a full-page ad in the paper.
I do understand your fear of radiation even tho' as I said in the 1st post I
received the highest radiation of anyone (docs, x-ray techs, radiologists
etc) in a large metropolitan hospital.  I did that for > 4 years.  I am 59
y.o. & have suffered no ill effects so far and am pretty confident that I
will not.

However, that said, I do feel that you have such a great fear of radiation
that you would benefit greatly from another method of study.  I just hope
and pray that you find that alternative and don't continue without having
your breast tissue examined by more than digital exam.

Many blessings,

Royce

What you permit, you promote	
	
Royce Anderson
RN, IBCLC, RLC, CD (DONA) 	
The Focal Point
7608 Brookside Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73132-5641 	
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