PET/CT

orthodoc • Jul 17, 2013 8:57 pm
Tomorrow I have the joy of becoming radioactive for 24 hours or so. I get the glowing sugar solution IV, wait around for an hour or more, and then the two scans are done more or less together. The scan took around twenty minutes last time, if I recall correctly. I'm hoping I'll be able to persuade the radiologist to let me see the images before I leave; otherwise I have to wait until August 12 to see the new oncologist.

I ate a steak tonight as my 'low-carb' dinner prior to the scan, thinking it'd be interesting to taste beef again, but it was probably a mistake. So heavy! :(
Chocolatl • Jul 17, 2013 9:05 pm
I'll be thinking of you tomorrow, ortho. Best wishes.
glatt • Jul 17, 2013 9:17 pm
Good luck tomorrow
BigV • Jul 17, 2013 9:29 pm
Good luck!


Updates, please.
busterb • Jul 17, 2013 10:12 pm
Damn Doc. You sure your not at a VA facility? Hang tough.
orthodoc • Jul 18, 2013 1:54 pm
It's official! My scan is clean and I am NED (no evidence of disease)!! The hot spots on my chest wall have disappeared. I'm doing the happy dance in my office right now. :D:jig:
glatt • Jul 18, 2013 2:03 pm
That is sweet news! Congratulations. :D
BigV • Jul 18, 2013 2:05 pm
[COLOR="SeaGreen"][SIZE="5"]OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!![/SIZE][/COLOR]
Chocolatl • Jul 18, 2013 2:16 pm
Woohoo! Great news!
limey • Jul 18, 2013 3:06 pm
FanTAStic news! So pleased for you Ortho! xxx

Sent by thought transference
orthodoc • Jul 18, 2013 3:16 pm
Thank you!! I am SO happy and excited. Now I feel I can plan for the future, commit to a job, etc. I'm going to celebrate tonight with the residency coordinator who has stayed with me after a couple of my surgeries and flexed my schedule this past year so that I wouldn't lose time overall. I wish I could celebrate with all of you! Maybe we'll have to organize that Cellar Lost Weekend at some point.
Clodfobble • Jul 18, 2013 5:48 pm
Hooray!
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 18, 2013 9:47 pm
[SIZE="1"]exhale[/SIZE] Whew, we have a winner! Image
orthodoc • Jul 18, 2013 9:59 pm
Whew, thank you thank you guys, I feel like I just won the lottery! I've been on an adrenaline high ever since I got the call with my scan results. Need someone to leap tall buildings in a single bound? I'm your gal. :D
ZenGum • Jul 19, 2013 12:45 am
"No evidence of disease".

:) :D :jig:
Griff • Jul 20, 2013 10:48 am
Hooray!
Nirvana • Jul 20, 2013 12:20 pm
Go O! :)
orthodoc • Jul 20, 2013 2:24 pm
:)
BigV • Jul 20, 2013 3:42 pm
Wow. You weren't kidding, that is some *short* hair. You look super happy though!
orthodoc • Jul 20, 2013 3:53 pm
Wait ... how did you post this before I uploaded my pics? :confused:
ZenGum • Jul 20, 2013 8:28 pm
He has friends in the NSA. :eyeball: :eyeball:
BigV • Jul 21, 2013 2:50 pm
orthodoc;871057 wrote:
Wait ... how did you post this before I uploaded my pics? :confused:

Hahaha

Because

BigV;871055 wrote:
Wow. You weren't kidding, that is some *short* hair. You look super happy though!

This up there is in reference to



orthodoc;871043 wrote:
:)

This right here. Heheheh.
orthodoc • Jul 21, 2013 5:13 pm
:blush: Got me.