Killer CT SCANS

[Rinse & rePeat]

“Osteoradionecrosis is bone death due to radiation. The bone dies because radiation damages its blood vessels. Osteoradionecrosis is a rare side effect that develops some time after radiation therapy has ended. It usually occurs in the lower jaw, or mandible.”


This part (below) is stunning! The radiation causes the problem so the solution is your doctor may x-ray the whole jaw now!….


“Your doctor will try to find the cause of osteoradionecrosis. This usually includes doing a physical exam, including a complete head and neck exam. Your doctor may also review your medical records to find out the total dose of radiation you received and the area that was treated.

•You may also need the following tests:

•x-ray of the whole jaw

•CT scan

•MRI

•biopsy of the area to check if the cancer has come back or a second cancer has developed”

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“What does a spot on my lung mean?

A spot on the lung, which is also referred to as a lung or pulmonary nodule, could be an early indication of cancer. However, this is not usually the case. The appearance of a lung spot on an X-ray is quite common and usually indicates a benign condition.

Lung nodules may be caused by a variety of issues other than cancer, but it’s important to have them checked out to be sure and to address any causes that require treatment.

These types of nodules may be caused by marks or scars left from a previous infection, such as:

A fungal infection

A bacterial infection

A mycobacterial infection

Another possible cause of a lung nodule is a granuloma, a benign rounded scar resulting from many different benign inflammatory diseases, other than cancer.“

Spot On Lung Found During a Chest X-Ray: Now What?

Experienced NYC pulmonologist, Dr. Marc Bowen, addresses the necessary next steps when a chest X-ray reveals a black spot on lung. Contact us today.

www.mxbowenppc.com

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“Chemotherapy and your Septic System

When a person is going through chemotherapy treatment for a serious illness, the last thing they may care about is how the treatment might affect the septic tank. Even if you've always been conscientious about not flushing things that can clog up the tank or harm the friendly bacteria, you probably don't have much choice about how your illness treatment affects the system.

Chemotherapy & Tank Bacteria

As the body expels non-metabolized chemotherapy medication through normal elimination processes, the substances go down the sewer pipe. On rural property, that typically means everything moves to a septic tank. Chemotherapy drugs can kill the friendly bacteria in the tank. This can lead to sewage backups and even system failure.

If you receive chemotherapy on a temporary basis for cancer treatment, plan to have the tank pumped soon after your scheduled treatment end date.“

Chemotherapy and Your Septic System | Clinton, CT

What happens to the biology of your septic system while you're undergoing chemo?

clintonct.org

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“The use of radionuclides in patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures presents a special concern on the safety of not only the patients but also of those who come in contact with such patients either at the nuclear medicine centre or at home after discharge from the facility. This has heightened the public concern about nuclear medicine especially in Nigeria where the practice is new. When patients are injected with radioactivity for nuclear medicine procedures they excrete most of the radioactivity via urine even before leaving the nuclear medicine facility. Therefore, we set out to survey the toilets used by these patients in the hospital for radiation levels to know the radiation risk posed by the ‘radioactive urine’ of the patients to the general public and radiation workers respectively.”

Radiation Levels from Toilets Used By Patients Injected with 99mTc-based Radiopharmaceuticals in Ibadan

Objective: The use of radionuclides in patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures presents a special concern on the safety of not only the patients but also of those who come in contact with such patients either at the nuclear medicine centre or ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“If you're getting systemic radiation treatment, sometimes safety measures are needed to protect the people around you. This is because the radioactive materials can leave your body through saliva, sweat, blood, and urine and that makes these fluids radioactive. It's very important to keep radiation exposure to the people around you as limited as possible.

In most cases for systemic radiation treatment, the safety precautions must be followed only the first few days after treatment.

Here are examples of things you might be told to do if you're getting systemic radiation treatment:

Wash your laundry separately from the rest of the household, including towels and sheets.
Sit down when using the toilet to avoid splashing of body waste.

Flush the toilet twice after each use, and wash your hands well after using the toilet.

Use separate utensils and towels.

Drink extra fluids to flush the radioactive material out of your body.

No kissing or sexual contact (often for at least a week).

Keep a distance away from others in your household. For example, you might be told to keep one arm’s length, or maybe six feet, between yourself and others for a specific length of time. You might also be told to sleep in a separate bed in a separate room for a specific number of nights. This depends on the type of treatment you receive.

Avoid contact with infants, children, and women who are pregnant for a specific amount of time.

Avoid contact with pets for a specific amount of time.

Avoid public transportation for a specific amount of time.

Plan to stay home from work, school, and other activities for a specific amount of time.”

Killer CT SCANS

“Osteoradionecrosis is bone death due to radiation. The bone dies because radiation damages its blood vessels. Osteoradionecrosis is a rare side effect that develops some time after radiation therapy has ended. It usually occurs in the lower jaw, or mandible.” This part (below) is stunning...

raypeatforum.com

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“Radiation therapy to the pelvis can cause urinary and bladder problems by irritating the healthy cells of the bladder wall and urinary tract. These changes may start 3–5 weeks after radiation therapy begins. Most problems go away 2–8 weeks after treatment is over.”

Bladder irritation and pain | Radiotherapy | Cancer Research UK

Radiotherapy for cancer in the pelvic area can cause bladder irritation, such as burning when you pass urine. Inflammation of the bladder following radiotherapy is called radiation induced cystitis.

www.cancerresearchuk.org

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“One of the reasons the cat was held for four days was to allow for much of the radioactive 131I to be excreted in urine so that the amount of external radiation exposure is significantly reduced.”

hps.org

Health Physics Society

hps.org

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“How long to stay away from pets after radioactive iodine?

Here are some ways to minimize radiation risks to other people (and pets) after you have had RAI treatment: Stay at least six feet away from other people, including members of the public, family members, and co-workers, for three to 11 days.Mar 4, 2021”

How to Minimize the Risk of Exposing Others to Radioactive Iodine

Learn what you need to do to protect babies, children, and family members from radiation dangers after radioactive iodine treatment.

www.verywellhealth.com

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“Overall, evidence from cell culture and animal studies look promising for honey in terms of chemo prevention, as well as an adjunct therapy to cancer drugs. Honey is readily available, inexpensive, easy to administer, and poses minimal risk of adverse side effects. However, the specific composition and properties of honey and its anticancer effects vary with the nectar source, honey bee species, climate, geographical region, extent of processing, as well as packaging and storage [6]. Efficacy after in vivo supplementation will depend on the extent to which phenolic levels are raised in the blood, and also on the active constituents reaching the tumour site at sufficient concentrations. Studies have demonstrated that phenolics sourced from honey are bioavailable in humans [26], however, it remains to be seen whether the concentration achieved in blood is sufficient to intercept the cancer processes in vivo. Findings from the in vitro and in vivo animal studies mentioned in this review suggest a positive impact of honey on several aspects of cancer. There are, however, several modifiers of metastasis which are yet to be studied for the effects of honey. For example, cancer-associated fibroblasts play an important role in tumour progression; honey has been shown to increase their proliferation during wound healing and was also reported to provide protection from radiation-induced damage to human diploid fibroblasts [171]. Therefore, further studies should examine the effects of honey on cancer-associated fibroblasts. The effect of honey on extracellular-degrading proteases i.e., matrix metalloproteinases, of which fibroblasts are an important source, has not been studied extensively to date. Honey’s effects on the growth signalling pathways and on the invasive properties of cancer cells are also under-researched areas. Direct injection of honey into a tumour appears to be an attractive option, however, further research is needed to evaluate the overall effectiveness of this approach. Although cancer cells feed on sugars, the high sugar content of honey, if injected directly into the tumour site, may influence the tumour stroma through the osmolarity effect. It would also be interesting to examine if such an approach could prevent neoplastic lesions from becoming invasive, as well as to measure the length of time during which these effects are sustained after treatment. Therefore, further mechanistic studies are needed to verify the anticancer potential of honey before recommendations for its use in clinical trials can be made.“

Honey and Cancer: Current Status and Future Directions

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and poses a challenge to treatment. With overwhelming evidence of the role played by diet and lifestyle in cancer risk and prevention, there is a growing interest into the search for chemopreventative or chemotherapeutic ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

Avoid x-rays at all costs

It is pretty amazing to read Ray Peat's newsletter "Bone Density: First Do No Harm". Here is a quote: "Using Gofman’s estimate, I think we can blame at least ten million deaths on just the medical x-rays that have been used inappropriately because of the policies of the U.S. government in the...

raypeatforum.com

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“Although several amino acids can be acutely or chronically toxic, even lethal, when too much is eaten, tryptophan is the only amino acid that is also carcinogenic. (It can also produce a variety of toxic metabolites, and it is very susceptible to damage by radiation.)”
-Ray Peat
“Tryptophan, serotonin, and aging” article

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“For more than 70 years, it was generally believed that radiation caused mutations and cancer by directly modifying the cells' genetic material. Then, it was discovered that fresh cells that were added to a dish of irradiated cells also developed mutations. The radiation causes cells to emit excitatory, inflammatory, substances such as serotonin and nitric oxide, which injure the cells that are later put near them. Applying this information to the existing knowledge that radiation induces cancer in animals, the doctrine of genetic determinism inferred that the radiation "bystander effect" is just another mechanism by which radiation produces the "mutant cancer cell" or clone of cancer cells. But the difference between events in vitro and in vivo is that cells which are injured in the organism immediately initiate a process of healing, and in that situation each of the substances emitted by injured cells is acting both locally and systemically to activate repair or regeneration of the damaged tissue. Cells isolated in a culture dish can't call on the organism for the necessary materials, so the responses of the "bystander" cells, leading to mutations and death, seem meaningless. The injured cells are merely toxic, rather than potentially being a stimulus to healing. When any part of a living organism is injured, for example by x-rays or surgery, the emitted substances affect the endocrine and nervous systems, activating processes that change metabolism and behavior. The injured tissue takes on new functions, for
example by locally synthesizing estrogen, cortisol (Vukelic, et al., 2011), and other hormones, as well as stimulating the normal endocrine glands to secrete them. These interactions have been generally disregarded in cancer treatment, because of the gene centered theory of cancer, but they are essential for understanding the "malignancy" of tumors, that property that makes them likely to return after the tumor has been destroyed, and to spread to other tissues. Has anyone ever heard of a radiologist or surgeon who measured estrogen or the various mediators of inflammation before, during, and after their treatments? Long range survival after breast cancer surgery is affected by the time in the menstrual cycle when the surgery is done (Lemon, et al.,
1996).” -Ray Peat

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“Radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery all activate these processes of cell replacement, and unless something has changed to improve the organism's recuperative ability, it isn't clear why the cells which replace the missing part should be more able to satisfactorily complete the recovery process than the original cells were. Even the amount of radiation in a single dental x-ray is enough to activate the excitatory-inflammatory processes, and a "therapeutic" x-ray to any part of the body excites similar, but much greater, processes throughout the body. But the ideology of "the cancer cell," and the Gompertz Growth Law, guide the practice of cancer treatment.“ -Ray Peat

 

[frannybananny]

"Neurologists are famous for making exquisitely erudite diagnoses of problems that they can’t do anything to remedy. The owners of expensive dual photon x-ray absorptiometer diagnostic machines are in a very different position. The remedies for osteoporosis are things that everyone should be doing, anyway, so diagnosis makes no difference in what the physician should recommend to the patient." -Ray Peat

Thanks for all your reading and reposting of Ray Peat's work Rinse & rePeat! Do you happen to know about what he calls "remedies for osteoporosis" specifically? or point me in a direction of his work that I might research more?

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

Thanks for all your reading and reposting of Ray Peat's work Rinse & rePeat! Do you happen to know about what he calls "remedies for osteoporosis" specifically? or point me in a direction of his work that I might research more?

I think to myself if I post twenty things and one lands somewhere to help someone it is well worth the effort. Start with this Ray Peat article frannybananny!

Estrogen and Osteoporosis

Ray Peat

raypeat.com

 

[frannybananny]

I think to myself if I post twenty things and one lands somewhere to help someone it is well worth the effort. Start with this Ray Peat article frannybananny!

Estrogen and Osteoporosis

Ray Peat

raypeat.com

Thank you sincerely!

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“Radiation stimulates the secretion of collagen, and causes cross-linking that makes it stiffer, and slows its removal, leading to its accumulation (Sassi, et al., 2001). Some types of cross-linking block the ability of macrophages to remove it, creating something like a diffuse foreign body reaction. -Ray Peat

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“In 1956, Hardin Jones wrote "If one has cancer and opts to do nothing at all, he will live longer and feel better than if he undergoes radiation, chemotherapy or surgery, other than when used in immediate life-threatening situations." In the 1990s, a group of cancer specialists were asked what they would do if they were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and most of them said they would do nothing.” -Ray Peat

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

“There is some preliminary work showing honey might protect from some side effects of radiation treatment to the head and neck that warrants further investigation.”

Despite dubious claims, manuka honey may be antibiotic powerhouse | CNN

Manuka honey is claimed to boost energy, lower cholesterol, stave off diabetes and improve sleep. Some of these claims are nonsense, but some have good evidence behind them.

www.google.com

 

[Zsazsa]

Just out of curiosity, an MRI of a person speaking


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