CAT scans, MRI’s, Xrays
The MiniMed 507c instruction booklet clearly states to not expose it to any
of the above. I reprinted the info from the book and taped it to my
insurance card. It has saved me many arguments with techs who *know it all.*
My 507c that I got last March malfunctioned after a nuclear scan in
September. The microchips in the pump can be harmed with the magnetic fields
of those tests.
Jan
February 27th, 2004 at 10:13 am
Thank you Bob for coming forward to address this issue/as I have been stewing about it since the initial post, wondering if I too should respond. I am a Nuclear Medicine Technologist, and the wife of a 19 year type I diabetic. Which means that although I never claim to “know it all” I am quite proficient in the field of Nuclear Medicine as my BS and 3 national licensing boards and 20 years experience can attest. However, I am still stuggling to learn more and more about diabetes and pumping. All nuclear studies utilize some form of naturally occuring radiation (usually gamma, but occasionally beta as well) to produce functional imaging. The camera itself gives off no radiation, or other pulse that is harmful to the microchip in your pumps?
Jan I am not sure what type of scan you had, but I have imaged dozens of pumps over the years with no reported problems?
I will try to research it further, if this is truely malfunctioning the pumps then the Society of Nuclear Medicine should be made aware.
Jill