4th PET Scan Results

Today I was radioactive again and they looked in my guts for "increased uptake" of the glucose again to see if any of the tiny cancers are eating me up still. Kathy called me late tonight with my results. I wouldn't have known my results until next week if I didn't have her as my personal doctor; she really makes this whole cancer circus a whole lot better. Dang, I do get nervous when I hear my results though. Unfortunately, this will now become a part of my life: the tests, the results, the waiting.

This time, I had some increased uptake in my lower spine and hip, but they are pretty sure that is a result of my chemo and they do not think it looks like lymphoma villages. There was also a spot on the muscles in my neck. They think this is an "artifact", which sounds weird, like it is some archeological find of an ancient cancer-tablet with cancer-hieroglyphics. An artifact is actually an anomaly that is something like an error with the test. In my professional opinion, lymphoma in my neck muscles would be ridiculous, since it is just supposed to be in my lymph nodes in the first place - the bone was already a really stupid place to get it. So, as unsettling as that sounds, the read from the PET scan doctor is that this was fully normal and expected and that we are still looking good.

Besides the fact that my primary radiation oncologist thinks I should not get radiation, all of the other doctors that Kathy points me to think I should get radiation. I have another doctor visit with a very good lymphoma specialist and then next Thursday I will probably be deciding to get it.