Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 Hi Crow and everybody Again i need your good advices, thoughts and wisdom. I started checking the possibilty of immigration to Canada (shangri la, paradise with no snakes. remember?) It is a complicated process but the most annoying thing (to me) is that the authorithis force applicants to have a chest x-ray to rule out TB. I know that there is no such thing as " safe radiation " . I do not trust the machines,,, and i keep thinking that maybe we do harm to our bodies when we expose them to this unneccessary rays. i say unneccessary - because it is not a diagnosis which is needed for medical treartment - just for satisfying man-made rules. Especially i think about my little kids. people tell me i am lunatic. that it is safe... that x-rays once a while are " nothing " , etc. i am also aware that " fears " are a worse thing than radiation, still i keep thinking about the possible hazards ... I want to control life... i hardly control my thoughts,,, So now i am stuck... wanting to give my kids a better place to live on one hand - and being fearful from the x-rays. it's funny. the immigration process it self which is not simple ( adjustinf to new climate new people, finding new jobs find an accomodation) doesn't frighten me . I have a gut feeling that we'll make it. but somehow the thought about being x rayed (for no real important reason) makes me shiver. How can i use the mind to overcome this obstacle which to most people seems nothing? Anat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 Dear Anat: I heard along time ago, that to fly on a plane from coast to coast, brings you so much closer to the sun that it is equivalent to 30 chest xrays, and yet knowing this pilots and everyone else do it all the time. The key is, our xray machines don't emit near as much radiation as they used to, and to be able to follow your dream would do so much good for your body that one xray would probubly by cancelled out by the positive endorphins you create by following your dream. People who just live in higher elevations are exposed to tons more radiation than those in low country, but they do fine. Radiation is not the big killer, its a quanitity thing. Total number of rads over an entire lifetime. If it bothers you, just make a commintment not to get a tan this summer. It would probubly be equal to the rads you'd get. But I'm wondering if there is not something else, that is making you so afraid of this. Perhaps your mind is hesitant to leave its home and it's using the metaphor of the xray to demonstrate to you the fear it has. Just a thought. love connie > " pine " <pine > > Tue, 19 Jun 2001 07:41:36 +0300 > > x-rays and fears > > Hi Crow and everybody > > Again i need your good advices, thoughts and wisdom. > > I started checking the possibilty of immigration to Canada > (shangri la, paradise with no snakes. remember?) > It is a complicated process but the most annoying thing (to me) > is that the authorithis force applicants to have a chest x-ray > to rule out TB. > > I know that there is no such thing as " safe radiation " . I do not trust the > machines,,, and i keep thinking that maybe we do harm to our bodies when we > expose them to this unneccessary rays. i say unneccessary - because it is > not a diagnosis which is needed for medical treartment - just for satisfying > man-made rules. > > Especially i think about my little kids. people tell me i am lunatic. that > it is safe... that x-rays once a while are " nothing " , > etc. > i am also aware that " fears " are a worse thing than radiation, still i keep > thinking about the possible hazards ... I want to control life... i hardly > control my thoughts,,, > > So now i am stuck... wanting to give my kids a better place to live on one > hand - and being fearful from the x-rays. > it's funny. the immigration process it self which is not simple ( adjustinf > to new climate new people, finding new jobs > find an accomodation) doesn't frighten me . I have a gut feeling that we'll > make it. > but somehow the thought about being x rayed (for no real important reason) > makes me shiver. > > How can i use the mind to overcome this obstacle which to most people seems > nothing? > > > Anat > > > **************************************** > Visit the community page: > For administrative problems -owner > To , - > > All messages, files and archives of this forum are copyright of the > group and the individual authors. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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