PET / CT Scan results

cavediver
cavediver Member Posts: 607
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Tuesday I was scheduled for a PETscan, but insurance would not approve...they did approve a CT Scan...so had chest, stomach, pelvis area CTscan done Tuesday. WOW...it is Thursday and I just got a call from Onc nurse, to tell me that the results were 'normal' and all is well! I thought I would have to wait until next week for the results! So, I guess I should be very happy with this news. Still have to get through TAC#8 which is scheduled after the weekend............oh how I can see the light now and all of you there in the brightness waiting! Then, rads here I come............
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  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #2
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    YEH! I am so happy for you cavediver on the good news! Don't you hate the waiting? They shouldn't do that to us, but, you got such great news now, so, that is all that matters!

    Good luck with Tac next week!

    We are all standing around with our flashlights for you to come to the finish line!


    Sue :)
  • Jean 0609
    Jean 0609 Member Posts: 2,462
    #3
    Yay Cavediver!
    Glad your CT can was good. Enjoy your weekend!!!!!! Good luck next week. Hopefully, everything will go good for you.
  • webbwife50
    webbwife50 Member Posts: 394
    #4
    That is wonderful newz!!!!

    That is wonderful newz!!!!
  • reeseslover1234
    reeseslover1234 Member Posts: 87
    #5
    CT Scan
    So very glad your scan came back clear. I hope next week goes well and rads go quickly. Yes, there will be a time when all this will be memories.

    (((((HUGS)))))
  • missrenee
    missrenee Member Posts: 2,136 Member
    #6
    reeseslover1234 said:

    CT Scan
    So very glad your scan came back clear. I hope next week goes well and rads go quickly. Yes, there will be a time when all this will be memories.

    (((((HUGS)))))

    Great news on the CT Scan
    and you are right----we're all waiting here in the brightness. Stay strong and brave--you're almost there!

    Hugs, Renee
  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #7
    Wonderful, wonderful news.
    Wonderful, wonderful news. So very happy for you!
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #8
    CypressCynthia said:

    Wonderful, wonderful news.
    Wonderful, wonderful news. So very happy for you!

    Wonderful news indeed! ... And not to have to wait
    a week! Sleep and rest well, Cavediver.


    Vicki Sam
  • sea60
    sea60 Member Posts: 2,613
    #9
    Great news!!
    That light is coming. Congratulations on a good report.


    Blessings,

    Sylvia
  • BlownAway60
    BlownAway60 Member Posts: 851
    #10
    Yippee Yippee Yippee. Doing
    Yippee Yippee Yippee. Doing my happy dance for you.

    Hugs

    Donna
  • Marsha Mulvey
    Marsha Mulvey Member Posts: 597 Member
    #11
    BlownAway60 said:

    Yippee Yippee Yippee. Doing
    Yippee Yippee Yippee. Doing my happy dance for you.

    Hugs

    Donna

    normal
    What a great ring that word has! Congrats!
    MM
  • Katz77
    Katz77 Member Posts: 598
    #12
    Yipeee
    Insurance sucks! But glad I have it. My onc said he would do a CT scan and if something didn't look right then PET scan. Maybe thats a way to get around insurance. Very happy all is well. Keep being "negative". Katz
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
    #13
    Cavediver
    I'm glad your CT scan came back normal. Sorry insurance wouldn't approve PET scan. Mine came back normal and my oncologist said I would have a CT scan in 4 months. (My PET cost over $4000!) At least now you can enjoy the weekend before you have treatment #8. At least it's the last one before going on to rads. So happy that you can see a little farther down the tunnel towards the light at the end!
    {{hugs}} Char
  • Moopy23
    Moopy23 Member Posts: 1,751 Member
    #14
    Great News!
    Fantastic news that your CT scans came back normal. So glad for you. The light at the end of that tunnel is getting brighter and brighter!
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #15
    Moopy23 said:

    Great News!
    Fantastic news that your CT scans came back normal. So glad for you. The light at the end of that tunnel is getting brighter and brighter!

    yep you are getting there,
    yep you are getting there, excellent news on your CT, more than excellent, you deserve something good to get you through the rest yay!!!! in my experience chemo stunk but rads was easy except for the every day thing. yay yay yay!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #16
    Hurray and hallelujah to ya!
    Hurray and hallelujah to ya! You can do it and we're here right with you. xoxoxox Lynn
  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #17
    lynn1950 said:

    Hurray and hallelujah to ya!
    Hurray and hallelujah to ya! You can do it and we're here right with you. xoxoxox Lynn

    What a relief!!
    So glad to hear your good news.

    Sleep well:)

    Victoria
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #18
    Cavediver,
    glad the Ct scans
    Cavediver,
    glad the Ct scans were good and that they were so prompt in telling you. Good luck with TAC 8. They are a lot of ladies with lights shining to guide you through the tunnel, just a little farther. Prayers that the rads will be easier for you than chemo.
    Stef
  • Mama G
    Mama G Member Posts: 762
    #19
    fauxma said:

    Cavediver,
    glad the Ct scans
    Cavediver,
    glad the Ct scans were good and that they were so prompt in telling you. Good luck with TAC 8. They are a lot of ladies with lights shining to guide you through the tunnel, just a little farther. Prayers that the rads will be easier for you than chemo.
    Stef

    AWESOME!!!
    What's the difference between pet and cat?
  • smalldoggroomer
    smalldoggroomer Member Posts: 1,184
    #20
    Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    That's great news!! So happy for you. The end draws nearer all the time. Smooth sailing. Have a great weekend!!
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #21
    Mama G said:

    AWESOME!!!
    What's the difference between pet and cat?

    Mama G,
    I am be wrong and if
    Mama G,
    I am be wrong and if I am someone will correct me but a ct scans are scans that they do of various areas of the body. They can see and diagnose many things with a ct scan. A PET Scan is used to look for areas that are cancerous. They inject a dye (glucose based I think) and if there are suspicious areas they light up. Cancer attract whatever is in this dye. It can show other things too. My sister's showed an area on her spine but it wasn't a cancer. PET scans are usually done for those that had node involvement or if there is concern about mets. They are very expensive and not used routinely. I did not have one because my cancer had not gone beyond my breast. Ct Scans are usually done first in any case and then if warranted a PET might be a follow up. A lot of this depends on tumor size, nodes, type of cancer, facility that is treating you and insurance approval. Hope this helps and more importantly, hope it is correct. Chime in ladies and give her your input, especially those that have had one.
    Stef

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