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10-23-2006, 08:10 PM
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Thanks for posting this, I guess--not sure I really wanted to know. Fluoro is also used for ESI's and I would guess other procedures (discograms?). And no, I was not informed of the risk of fluoro and I'm not sure I would have refused it since it makes the ESI so much safer. Since my accident, I have had an enormous number of X-rays. I have thought about the implications but can't obsess about it.
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2001 MVA; C5-C6 disk extruded ongoing physical therapy, exercise and massage ESI's, oral prednisone, trigger point injections foraminal and central stenosis C5/C6 and c6/C7 2007 EMG/nerve conduction shows pattern of chronic radiculopathy January, 2008: Prestige ST Artificial Disk Replacement, C5/6 
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10-23-2006, 09:41 PM
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As I understand it, while fluoroscopy is longer in duration to a standard X-ray, it's much lower in intensity. I don't know how many X-rays each 30 minutes translates to, but I don't really obssess about it. Besides, with my family hx, there's little chance I won't get something somewhere along the way. I'll probably get breast cancer from a mammogram!!
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