Hi all. Thought I would get some feedback about the topic of x-rays and long term effects. Each year I have to go back for x-rays to check and make sure my hardware is still intact. Plus I had all the x-rays before and right after my surgery (not to mention the chest x-rays every day for the first week after my surgery). I recently found out my father's lymphoma has returned (he was first diagnosed last year), and my mother has a conditon called lymphatoid papalosis, which is kind of like a form of skin lymphoma, but she has not had to be treated for it. The oncologist said my sister and I are at high risk b/c both our parents have lymphoma, or forms of it. It got me thinking that I've also had all these x-rays over the years and maybe I should only get the x-rays every 2 or 3 years, or if I fall, or am in pain.
I know I will have to discuss it with my surgeon, but I am wondering if at a certain point, anyone has just refused them after a few years post op.
I know I will have to discuss it with my surgeon, but I am wondering if at a certain point, anyone has just refused them after a few years post op.
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