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Natashastocco,

Please help your mom know that she made the right decision! All we can do when faced with a medical situation is to make the best decision we can with the information that we have. Later on we might learn some information that we wished we'd known before. But that doesn't mean we made the wrong decision. It just means that in the future we'll make even better ones.

The wise and wonderful Maya Angelou has a wonderful quote that I love:
"You did then what you knew how to do, And when you knew better, You did better.”

In terms of the radiation shielding, it certainly seems that they should have at least shielded your mother's reproductive organs. Even when dentists give X-rays, they use a shield on this part of the body that covers most of the torso and abdomen. I am surprised that they did not do this with your mom, since it was just 10 years ago. Does your mom still see the same doctor that she saw then? Has she ever asked about this?

February 26, 2010 - 8:42am

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