The PET/CT scan is over ... and now we wait for results. I'll get them either Monday or Tuesday, because I have an appointment both days, Monday with my surgeon, Tuesday with my oncologist
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Agreed! Yay you! Just keep keeping on, lady. It's all you can do. And lean on all of the people who care about you (like us!) when it's too difficult to put one foot in front of the other. I know it's hard, but you are stronger than you know!
P.S. I am heading for an MRA with contrast shortly, too. haha "Getting shot up with radioactive something or other" twins for the win?
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I wasn't sure what a PET scan was, so I looked it up, and it sounds like the radioactive stuff isn't very, very radioactive, but it's radioactive enough that they probably wouldn't want the medical staff to be in close contact with it on a daily basis. Which reassured me a bit. In case anyone else doesn't know either, here's what it says on one of the NHS sites:
in a standard PET scan the amount of radiation you're exposed to is small - about the same as the amount you get from natural sources, such as the sun, over three years
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P.S. I am heading for an MRA with contrast shortly, too. haha "Getting shot up with radioactive something or other" twins for the win?
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I wasn't sure what a PET scan was, so I looked it up, and it sounds like the radioactive stuff isn't very, very radioactive, but it's radioactive enough that they probably wouldn't want the medical staff to be in close contact with it on a daily basis. Which reassured me a bit. In case anyone else doesn't know either, here's what it says on one of the NHS sites:
in a standard PET scan the amount of radiation you're exposed to is small - about the same as the amount you get from natural sources, such as the sun, over three years ( ... )
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