question form you guys

glinka65

after surgery, 10 rounds of chemo and 4 clean ct scans and good blood work my dr has ordred a pet scan, he says its normal to judge where we are at....im nervous as all hell any thoughts from you guys ???

tootsie1

I agree
I think it's a good idea, just to cover all bases.

*hugs*
Gail

Patteee

Normal? It maybe depends on
Normal? It maybe depends on the stage? I was staged at 3B and the only PET that was done was after surgery and before chemo. Did you have a PET already to stage the cancer? I question why if good blood work and clean ct scans, why the PET? Seems like overkill to me.

PGLGreg

Envy
I'm envious. I never got a pet scan.

--Greg

John23

Pet scan?

As Patteee said, "why"?

A PET uses radioactive glucose to "light up" cancer clusters, but the
cancer has to be taking in glucose faster than the surrounding cells.

That's one reason many surgeons prefer standard CT scans to
PET scans. And most surgeons (according to what you can read
for yourself on the web), prefer not to subject their patient to more
radioactivity than they have to.

I'd question the need, but you really, really oughta' get other
opinions from qualified practitioners for every stage of your
progress. Putting all your trust into one human being, where
your entire life is at stake, isn't really all that good an idea.

Humans make misrtakes.


Good thoughts commin' at ya!

John

herdizziness

I'm with
I'm with Tootsie, it's a good gauge. Mine only did ct scans and I asked for a PET and he said, it wasn't necessary, held me back two weeks for surgery as they wanted a PET to compare to a CT. So was busy wishing he had done a PET.
Best wishes for you.
Winter Marie