Re: Radiation Tattoo Removal Options?

On Jul 24, 6:51*pm, "Eva" <EvaDStructio...@NOverizon.net> wrote:
> "Linda" <lindascheim...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:197d8905-1122-406f-bf49-6ddfab986bd0@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
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> Just out of speculation, suppose you had raised the religious
> objection and refused the tatoos. There must be people who do that.
> Then what? Are you denied the treatment? Seems to me like a straight
> 1st amendment freedom of religion type refusal to me, a little more
> than just the right to refuse medical treatment. Can't they find an
> alternative like removable tatoos. I wouldn't want tatoos. Like you
> it's ingrained, in my case from conservative Lutheran.
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> When I began my radiation treatments, I was so sick that I was as close to
> death as I've ever been in my life. *I did in fact raise the religious
> objection, and the doctor and technicians simply said no, you have to have
> them, and before I could put up a fight (which essentially I was too weakto
> do anyhow), boom, it was done. *If I took this to court it would be my word
> against a doctor and three technicians.
> Eva

I can understand that. I've experienced similar pressure when I was
fighting post-op hospital acquired pneumonia. Back then I was still
married. I feel much more vulnerable now because there really is no
logical person to choose to advocate for me. It makes me very
defensive about healthcare. Someday I am likely to ignore symptoms for
too long just out of aloneness, and that's likely to be the end game
for me.

Linda