Having PET scan

cahjah75
cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
tomorrow at 1:00pm. I can't eat after tonight. Bummer! I was told to arrive at 12:30. I've had several scans done before - bone density, MRIs, CTs but this will be the first PET. I'm not concerned about the scan itself but will be anxious to see if it will show anything.
Char

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  • Jean 0609
    Jean 0609 Member Posts: 2,462
    #2
    Good luck Char,
    Will be thinking about you tomorrow. Sending positive thoughts & prayers your way. Keep us posted. Don't you hate not being able to eat the day of your procedures. I am a breakfast person, so it's really hard for me. Hugs, Jean
  • 2Floridiansisters
    2Floridiansisters Member Posts: 384 Member
    #3
    Good Luck Char
    I'm really curious too how you are doing for real, I think you and I and jk1952 are the few on here that have had ILC, it scares me knowing I have this, but what can I do?
  • Marsha Mulvey
    Marsha Mulvey Member Posts: 597 Member
    #4
    Jean 0609 said:

    Good luck Char,
    Will be thinking about you tomorrow. Sending positive thoughts & prayers your way. Keep us posted. Don't you hate not being able to eat the day of your procedures. I am a breakfast person, so it's really hard for me. Hugs, Jean

    PET
    Nothing to it! The hardest for me was the MRI - so long and uncomfortable! I always take the early morning times since I don't eat in the middle of the night anyway (usually, lol). My doctor did the PET within a couple of days of the MRI because he said it gives them a much better look at everything. Here's hoping yours looks great!

    Marsha
  • meena1
    meena1 Member Posts: 1,003
    #5
    2Floridiansisters said:

    Good Luck Char
    I'm really curious too how you are doing for real, I think you and I and jk1952 are the few on here that have had ILC, it scares me knowing I have this, but what can I do?

    Good Luck on your Pet scan,
    Good Luck on your Pet scan, I will be sending positive vibes your way
  • natly15
    natly15 Member Posts: 1,941
    #6
    Wishing you good news with
    Wishing you good news with your pet scan. Prayers going out to you.
  • jo jo
    jo jo Member Posts: 1,175 Member
    #7
    Char i hope your PET Scan
    Char i hope your PET Scan turned out ok...prayin for ya!
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
    #8
    jo jo said:

    Char i hope your PET Scan
    Char i hope your PET Scan turned out ok...prayin for ya!

    The PET scan
    went just fine with the exception of my bad veins. The poor girl couldn't find a good vein to give me the radioactive glucose injection. The 3rd time was a go with my left hand. Ouch! Then I had to sit quietly for 45 min while the stuff went through my body. Then I laid on a skinny table in the "chamber". I'm not claustrophobic so no problems. I left my house at 11:50am and returned at 3:10pm. The machine is so expensive my hospital doesn't own it. It was in a mobile unit outside the hospital on a rental basis. Pretty cool :-0 I'm hoping my oncologist will have the results when I go for my 2nd chemo next Tuesday.
    Char
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #9
    Jean 0609 said:

    Good luck Char,
    Will be thinking about you tomorrow. Sending positive thoughts & prayers your way. Keep us posted. Don't you hate not being able to eat the day of your procedures. I am a breakfast person, so it's really hard for me. Hugs, Jean

    Wishing you good luck
    Wishing you good luck Char!


    Hugs, Jan
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #10
    meena1 said:

    Good Luck on your Pet scan,
    Good Luck on your Pet scan, I will be sending positive vibes your way

    Wishing you luck too on your
    Wishing you luck too on your scan!

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