PET scan done

Oct 09, 2015 11:14

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 ( Read more... )

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ext_3314053 October 9 2015, 15:34:20 UTC
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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sarahf October 9 2015, 16:09:02 UTC
Radioactive twins power ACTIVATE! *all the hugs to you too*

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dr_laura_v October 9 2015, 19:24:42 UTC
My comment was marked as spam (even after I did a fun captcha thing which asked me to complete a jigsaw puzzle of a parrot!)

Here's what I was trying to post (hope it gets through)

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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