Scans in 1 week

Not only tough but cute as well!

hardo718 said:

Oh My GOSH!!

SO cute!!  What a blessing. 

Donna~

Just adorable and so glad he's doing well Wishing you wonderful scan results!

donna_lee said:

Good luck on both events

Sounds like you have the cancer issue in hand and are doing OK.

Jake will come through like a champ.  My neice was born 49 years ago with 3-phase (toes, tarsals and ankles) and went through the cast changes every 10 days, the shoe/brace bar, and then her "boots" (the high top leather stiff soled babies that both my kids had to wear, also)  Karen took dancing for years, was on cheer and rally, and became an RN

Hang in there for everyone, and take care of that cutie pie.

donna_lee

Adorable little guy you have!!!

I  Haven't had my first scan yet after surgery but I know the stress must be something most other people ( not us) can't imagine. I know I will feel the same way. Already worrying about it.

Good luck )

Kim

So cute, wishing you NED

Forough

We have all been there with the anxiety around scan time, and then the waiting, waiting for the results. Having to wait 12 days for the results sounds like torture. Is there any way that you could call the office and get the results over the phone before your scheduled appointment?

When I first was dx and started my scans that's what I would do, this wasn't always perfect because sometimes the dr wouldn't call back right away or they wouldn't have processed the results by the time I called, but waiting was unbearable. Now, I get the results like most do at an appointment within a week after the imaging appointment. In a way, you're still waiting but you can kind of put it out of your mind and try to stay distracted. That first day after the scans is the worst for me, but what I do now, I spend the whole day out away from the phone (waiting for it to ring with the bad news). I shop, have lunch, go for a walk, maybe even see a matinee by myself. 

I shook my head with recognition when you said about "reading into everything the ultrasound tech was doing", yeah, I've done that too, if she seemed friendly then eveything was good, if she wasn't talking much it must be bad. I'm sure we all have. But I try not to do that anymore. They are not allowed to tell you anything good or bad and so I never ask. As a matter of fact for my last U/S the tech left the room to ask the radiologist if she had all the proper images and when she left the room I didn't even look at the screen, because I knew I wouldn't understand what I was seeing and get frightened. But when I got up to leave I just  happened to see the screen and she had marked something with a flag. Well, I was freaked out. As it turned out when I got the results everything was fine, I always get the written report as well, and there was nothing there. Who knows why she flagged that, its not my job. LOL.

So long story short, always expect the best, and until you know different, say to yourself "today I am healthy" and I'm not going to waste it worrying otherwise. This can be hard to do sometimes. Your son is adorable and I'm sure keeps you busy. You will be around for him for a very, very, very long time. Cherish this time while he's little, believe me the time goes by so fast.

 Good luck with everything. and Good health for us all.

corey50 said:

Hi Jason,

We have all been there with the anxiety around scan time, and then the waiting, waiting for the results. Having to wait 12 days for the results sounds like torture. Is there any way that you could call the office and get the results over the phone before your scheduled appointment?

When I first was dx and started my scans that's what I would do, this wasn't always perfect because sometimes the dr wouldn't call back right away or they wouldn't have processed the results by the time I called, but waiting was unbearable. Now, I get the results like most do at an appointment within a week after the imaging appointment. In a way, you're still waiting but you can kind of put it out of your mind and try to stay distracted. That first day after the scans is the worst for me, but what I do now, I spend the whole day out away from the phone (waiting for it to ring with the bad news). I shop, have lunch, go for a walk, maybe even see a matinee by myself. 

I shook my head with recognition when you said about "reading into everything the ultrasound tech was doing", yeah, I've done that too, if she seemed friendly then eveything was good, if she wasn't talking much it must be bad. I'm sure we all have. But I try not to do that anymore. They are not allowed to tell you anything good or bad and so I never ask. As a matter of fact for my last U/S the tech left the room to ask the radiologist if she had all the proper images and when she left the room I didn't even look at the screen, because I knew I wouldn't understand what I was seeing and get frightened. But when I got up to leave I just  happened to see the screen and she had marked something with a flag. Well, I was freaked out. As it turned out when I got the results everything was fine, I always get the written report as well, and there was nothing there. Who knows why she flagged that, its not my job. LOL.

So long story short, always expect the best, and until you know different, say to yourself "today I am healthy" and I'm not going to waste it worrying otherwise. This can be hard to do sometimes. Your son is adorable and I'm sure keeps you busy. You will be around for him for a very, very, very long time. Cherish this time while he's little, believe me the time goes by so fast.

 Good luck with everything. and Good health for us all.

 

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