[ RadSafe ] Re: First Ever Intentional Hormetic X-Ray Exposure ?

[John Jacobus]

If you develop cancer in 10 years, do you get your
money back?

--- Patricia Lewis <lewis at radonmine.com> wrote:
> Jay, how are you going to track your "results"? 
> Would you share with us the 
> "cost" of that procedure?
> 
> pat
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> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 8:14 AM
> Subject: First Ever Intentional Hormetic X-Ray
> Exposure ?
> 
> 
> | This Wednesday at an orthopaedic surgeon's office
> I had a prophylactic
> | hormetic X-ray treatment for immune function
> stimulus/cancer prevention. I
> | do not know if this is the first one ever done
> exclusively for this 
> purpose;
> | if anyone else is doing similar, let's share our
> protocol with everyone.
> |
> | I have read all the literature I could find over
> the last 9 months
> | concerning radiation and chemical hormesis, and
> that hope posting my
> | experiences will help us get over our fear of low
> dose radiation and begin
> | using it for health purposes. I intend to continue
> these prophylactic
> | hormetic treatements or similar on a quarterly
> basis, as a minimum.
> |
> | The machine was a Medicor M325 Milestone. No film
> used. Settings were 2.0
> | seconds, 100 mA, and 125 kVp which were the
> maximum for the machine. We
> | exposed a field 49.5 cm full torsal width x 50.0
> cm from 2nd intercostal
> | space to 2 inches below the iliac crest.. Five of
> these AP exposures were
> | made consecutively. Head and throat lead
> protected. The machine required 
> 165
> | seconds to cool off after each exposure before
> re-exposure was possible.
> |
> | We had hoped these totaled 1+R exposure, perhaps
> someone can calculate the
> | amount delivered. I am 51 yrs, 73 inches, 201 lb,
> good health. After the
> | exposures, slight fatigue was noticed (similar to
> after light workout) for
> | about 30 minutes and then normal. No other
> immediate symptoms.
> |
> | The surgeon was more interested vis his practice
> in the use of low dose
> | radiation for antibiotic resistant infection
> within the bone which he sees
> | commonly and generally means more surgery and/or
> amputation. He would like
> | to use this in his practice, so if anyone can
> provide me with a list of
> | references that cover radiation for infection, it
> would be most helpful. I
> | can report his experiences to the list as his
> results come in.
> |
> | Glad to hear from anyone, especially dosage,
> exposure this trial 
> generated,
> | settings for the machine.
> | Best wishes,
> | Jay Caplan
> |
> |
> |
> | 
> 
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Hugh Blair, 1783

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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