Went in for the PET Scan today. Learned the ultimate lesson, which you all should know...
If you have to fast before a doctors appointment, dont schedule your appointment in the afternoon! Soooo hungry.
It wasnt too bad though. They injected radioactive glucose (sounds scary, i know) and you have to wait around for an hour for the stuff to do its thing. I was pleasantly surprised to find that during that hour of waiting, you get to lounge in an awesome recliner, and watch cable! :) Then you hop into a CAT Scan machine and it scans you for about 20minutes. Pretty long 20minutes it seemed. Then I got a goodie bag with snacks and a bottle of water (they must come across hungry patients often).
If you have to fast before a doctors appointment, dont schedule your appointment in the afternoon! Soooo hungry.
It wasnt too bad though. They injected radioactive glucose (sounds scary, i know) and you have to wait around for an hour for the stuff to do its thing. I was pleasantly surprised to find that during that hour of waiting, you get to lounge in an awesome recliner, and watch cable! :) Then you hop into a CAT Scan machine and it scans you for about 20minutes. Pretty long 20minutes it seemed. Then I got a goodie bag with snacks and a bottle of water (they must come across hungry patients often).
I get the stitches out from the surgery, and my first meeting with the oncologist is friday morning. They want to immediatly start treatment, and do the bone marrow biopsy. I think its safe to say that NO ONE looks forward to those. Sedative please!
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