Radiation therapy ok for people with pacemakers?
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
January 6, 2009 9:32pm CST
my mom got the news that she is CLEAR of cancer.. the lump was all there was and the spots they had found on her liver must not have been anything.. well they still are thinking about doing radiation in the area she had the lump since it was connected to her breast cancer like 15 years ago but that is the side of her heart and she has a pacemaker in.. the doctor said the specialist would be able to say if its possible or not but i figured i would see if anyone here knows if its possible..
i would think if she cant do an mri because of her pacemaker then radiation therapy over her pacemaker wouldnt be good either or do they some how turn it off or something?? im confused 
2 responses
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
7 Jan 09
the people qualified to answer those questions are the doctors, so you just have to go with what your doctors say or see if there is info on the net about it,
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
7 Jan 09
yeah but the doctors here i have a hard time trusting.. seems like there is a bad doctor epidemic in this state so im always worried they will be saying something is ok then it turns out they are idiots etc
