Rachel and I got our first Ink !!!!

[Robert Thomas]

No.



Tats are small.



Whoever knows the answer, wishes they didn't know the answer.

 

[Gary DiPietroSr]

My friend got small tats when he was treated for cancer...??

 

[Robert Thomas]

Bingo. Now wasn't that fun.



:back2topic:



:worthless:

 

[Bud Williams]

Agreed!



:worthless:

 

[Bill Barber]

Red, Hopeing all is well with you now.

But I gotta ask, why would people get tats if they have cancer? just curious.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Bill,



To answer your question...



If getting precisely directed radiation, the radiologist often puts a tattoo (or even a few) on the patient's body to mark the point to direct the "beam" of radiation. The tattoo is essentially a target. This allows repeated radiation sessions to preciously pin-point the cancerous area(s).



Often they color them red, and they are about the size of a freckle.



TJR

 

[Robert Thomas]

My three were used for alignment for treatment of Prostate Cancer before the implant of 80 seeds with a 30 day halflife.. 40 treatments in-which they laid you down in a mold, aligned the dots and did treatment for about 6 min. Whole thing took 12 min. I would drive 2 hours and 15 min., get a 12 min treatment, then drive 2 hours 15 min back. Put some miles on the trac.



Doing fine, three years ago, no sign of recurrence, and no overall adverse effects. Thanks for the thought.



You don't want to see pic's. The censors would rightly object.

 

[Les]

My three were used for alignment for treatment of Prostate Cancer before the implant of 80 seeds with a 30 day halflife.. 40 treatments in-which they laid you down in a mold, aligned the dots and did treatment for about 6 min. Whole thing took 12 min.

Been there, done that...