I’ve worked in nuclear medicine for over a decade doing only PET scans for oncology patients. I’ve seen A LOT of cancer patients over that time period and so has my coworker. It is practically a daily topic of conversation now about how we are seeing so many young people not just being diagnosed w/ lymphoma (one of the more common, if not the most common cancer we used to see with young patients) but with cancers that are aggressive and that we rarely even see 50 year olds diagnosed with, let alone people in their early 30’s. It’s unheard of for us to see the type of cancers we’re seeing in 30 year olds and if you were in your 30’s and diagnosed w/ one of these cancers precovid, you’d be going to John’s Hopkins or MD Anderson or the Mayo Clinic, etc., and you’d be all the doctor’s and resident’s science project that they write case studies and peer reviewed articles about. We’re also seeing a lot of people that were in remission either having a recurrence or developing another primary cancer. It’s hard to say which scenario we’re seeing more of, it’s starting to literally feel out of control. We’re also getting a lot of bizarre notes on the doctors order where they put the diagnoses or reason that we’re doing a PET scan. We’re scanning people for reasons that would normally never qualify for a PET scan but it feels like these doctors are just stabbing in the dark, hoping to land on anything, or like my coworker said, they know now that CA is a huge probability for a lot of these people and so any little “new problem” someone is presenting w/, they order a PET scan to cover all their bases. All that to say, w/o hyperbole, we are seeing a lot of crazy things in my department w/ the vaccinated that I haven’t seen in my entire career and it seems to be ramping up in the last 4-6 months. 🙈
I’ve worked in nuclear medicine for over a decade doing only PET scans for oncology patients. I’ve seen A LOT of cancer patients over that time period and so has my coworker. It is practically a daily topic of conversation now about how we are seeing so many young people not just being diagnosed w/ lymphoma (one of the more common, if not the most common cancer we used to see with young patients) but with cancers that are aggressive and that we rarely even see 50 year olds diagnosed with, let alone people in their early 30’s. It’s unheard of for us to see the type of cancers we’re seeing in 30 year olds and if you were in your 30’s and diagnosed w/ one of these cancers precovid, you’d be going to John’s Hopkins or MD Anderson or the Mayo Clinic, etc., and you’d be all the doctor’s and resident’s science project that they write case studies and peer reviewed articles about. We’re also seeing a lot of people that were in remission either having a recurrence or developing another primary cancer. It’s hard to say which scenario we’re seeing more of, it’s starting to literally feel out of control. We’re also getting a lot of bizarre notes on the doctors order where they put the diagnoses or reason that we’re doing a PET scan. We’re scanning people for reasons that would normally never qualify for a PET scan but it feels like these doctors are just stabbing in the dark, hoping to land on anything, or like my coworker said, they know now that CA is a huge probability for a lot of these people and so any little “new problem” someone is presenting w/, they order a PET scan to cover all their bases. All that to say, w/o hyperbole, we are seeing a lot of crazy things in my department w/ the vaccinated that I haven’t seen in my entire career and it seems to be ramping up in the last 4-6 months. 🙈
It's an honor to hear from somebody in the know with first-hand experience. That was a stunning statement and I appreciate your effort in sharing.