PET scan done. Yay! I couldn’t eat for 6 hours before so I’ve just wolfed down a huge sandwich and some biscuits and I’m typing this waiting for the kettle to boil for a much needed cup of tea. They offered me tea and biscuits there, but I wanted to get home quickly as we have choir practice tonight for our wedding and I didn’t want to miss it.
So…..today, after breakfast, I drank copious amounts of water ready to flush the radioactive substance out of my system after the scan. I drove to Taunton and did some shopping as its the best distraction for not eating. The nurse was great as they all are. She’s also getting married in September so as we chatted wedding stuff as she put a needle into my arm with a syringe attached which emptied the substance into my system. I was then left alone an hour for the radio active liquid to get absorbed into all my cells ready to highlight those which were abnormal. I dosed for an hour or so on my own which was probably good for me to relax. Then they led me into a huge room with a long narrow bed which would roll in and out of the huge scanner surrounding the bed. I had to keep my arms above my head for about 20 minutes as they rolled me in and out, scanning me from my knees up. It wasn’t too claustrophobic as I cast my mind back to wonderful memories I’ve had over the years and totally ignored what was going on in the room. Climbing Kilimanjaro with Neil seemed to be a big one. My biggest challenge during the process was an itchy nose half way through. Don’t you just love hayfever!
And then it was over. I drove home and quickly typed this up. I’ll probably modify it tomorrow, but I thought I’d get it out that I’m absolutely fine and it all went well.
Tuesday
We’re meeting my surgeon for the first time on Wednesday (tomorrow) and we’re hoping he’ll have the results of the PET scan to give us an idea of what’s where. He probably won’t have had time to meet my MDT team to discuss a treatment plan but maybe he’ll have some idea of options. I still have one more endoscopic scan to have on Monday at Exeter (more shopping!).
Neil and I are meeting the vicar at 11 to discuss the wedding ceremony so I need the get the order of service finalised. I’ve got 20 minutes!!! Must dash……….
