So, they called me in right after that. They gave me a shot what a surprise and then they gave me a bunch of more dye to run through my body. The reason I couldn't have caffeine or sugar before the test was apparently they shoot me full of a type of glucose and then the glucose goes straight for the cancer if there is any and hangs out there. There is a much more medical way to explain that but hey I'm not blogging with Dr's!
Once you have the dye you must sit as always and wait for the dye to get around your body. They put you in a nice comfy chair and put warm blankets on you. Between that and the valium I was out. Slept for about an hour (even with my sweet phone call J :)) and then they woke me up, moved me to a new room and put me on the table. The PET scan isn't nearly as annoying as the MRI, no beeping or anything. I laid there for 21 minutes and whala, I was done! Results should be at the dr's by tomorrow. At this point I don't really care, I really mean it.
I was telling my mother in law that it doesn't really matter for me. Unless they called me and said "no chemo" then it doesn't really change anything. IF there is more cancer, it just means more surgery and more chemo, can't say that really changes how I feel at this point. I am sure it would make me anxious and prolong everything but as Tony says "whata ya gonna do?"
Huh. I didn't have a PET scan. That's a new one on me. I didn't have one before chemo and I haven't had one since I finished up treatment. Not sure if that's good or bad, but I know my oncologist sort of had your same attitude--it wasn't going to change anything, only then he went on to say "so why do it?" I'm curious then what the medical reason for it was. Not that I'm going to request a PET scan!
ReplyDeleteShe didn't tell me why, just ordered it. Insurance covered it (which I understand is tough to get done). They didn't call me today, so I suppose if I had been just laden with cancer, they would have called ?????? Absolutely starting to freak out though!
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