July 16 PET scan

I think I will start a blog to document my adventures during this time.

Today I had a pet scan. Interesting process, but at least I didn’t have to take my clothes off. They sat me in a private room, and the nice nurse put an iv in and set up a small infusion bag with radioactive glucose, then quickly ran away, so she wasn't zapped. I had to wait for one hour, and I wasn't allowed to move a muscle, not even to swipe on the phone... So that the glucose would go into the appropriate areas and not just into my muscles. I had to entertain myself by watching daytime tv. Sadly, the most entertaining thing was the infomercials. I learned all about air fryers. But at least I had a reclining armchair. (I only played with it a little bit, just a few wee ups and downs, I was too scared of incurring their wrath)

The scan itself wasn't too bad. It took about 20 minutes as I was fed through a machine. Of course I had to lie perfectly still, arms outstretched, as if I was tied to a rack. Quite medieval really. 

But I entertained myself by checking out how clean the interior of the tube was. And yes, I did find some dust. At one point my mind began to wonder, I was so bored I began to have erotic fantasies. In the machine. My next thought was oh my God, That will show up as extra blood flow in a certain area I had better stop this immediately. Needless to say, the specs of dust became much more interesting!

 After that there were no dramas and I was allowed to go home with strict instructions I was not to go near other people in case I irradiated them. Jolly good. Results will be available by the time I go in for biopsy in a couple days. I don't want to know yet. I mean, who would be keen to confirm they have liver metastases right? Last MRI already suspected it, I am just going to play computer games and forget about this - for now.