Hello - we are back from Houston and everything went great! Bloodwork was good and CT was clear. The only 'area of concern' was on the PET scan. There was a small area that showed up between the chest cavity and lungs BUT, I happened to pull a muscle right in that area the Friday night before we left for Houston packing the car. It hurt so bad Friday night I almost took a pain pill. So after I explained to the Dr what I did we decided that was probably it. Did I freak - YES!!! I am still a little, but after researching what a PET scan can pick up and having my Dr said explain that any type of inflammation can be picked up on a PET as an 'area of concern' I am not going to worry. (Well, that would be a lie because every little ache and pain I worry it is cancer!!)
So thank you everyone for your prayers and happy thoughts!! Life is great again!!
I am just exhausted...in a 2 1/2 week period I have had a 'well women's exam (yuck), a colonoscopy, a mammogram, 3 different bloodworks, a CT, a PET, and a chest X-ray. GEEEZ! Talk about violated!
Linda
