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  • azroses2322
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    I asked that question because I wanted to be able to telecommute on my WORK laptop during the isolation and after.
    They said it is not a problem to the electronic (I too was remembering the days when you could not get a magnet close to computers, etc). The RAI I got had a halflife of 8 days (from what I read that means that the dose of RA in me was cut in half every 8 days and after a few 8 day intervals, it is negligible)– So the only thing they said to think about with the compter or any surface you touch , is that the radio activity could come through the sweat in your skin at the dosing of the halflife intervals. So someone touching the computer keys or any surface I touched (with any bare skin) could get some. Since no one else would be touching it for the life of the Ra they gave me, even that was not a concern. I was still going to wear gloves, but could not stand them — they made my hands sweat all the more. I just confined what I touched bare handed and barefooted to the upstairs and washed down all touched surfaces when I was done (no one would be using our upstairs rooms anyway for long enough for it to deteriorate.) I washed all of my linens and clothing separately afterwards. These were all part of the instructions they gave me. They said it can come out of your sweat, saliva and other body fluids. They said to flush the toilet twice each time you go.

    RhondaG4
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    I know this may sound rediculas…but is it safe for my electronics…i.e. computer…and such after RAI? I’ve read several posts on here about peoples’ computers crashing and just wondering if that was random or if maybe being exposed to gamma rays might have had something to do with it???? Anyone know?

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