Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Hi All, Wondering if anybody has had any not great experiences with PET Scans. I had one done, and instead of answering any questions it just made everybody, including my doctor, more confused - Past biopsies, confirmed by a CAT Scan three weeks back, showed nothing in the lungs, tumors in the liver, and a metastasis in the perirectal area. The PET Scan shows nothing in the liver or perirectal area but " uptake " in the left chest area. Somebody else local also said that their PET showed nothing in a part of their body that was not-to-later biopsied positive. I thought that PET was the Mecca of oncology-related diagnostic imaging - was I wrong? I really don't know what to make of it. My doctor said it was could be good news, speculating that the tumors, while present, are possibly not actively growing at this point, which is why they did not light up. But he didn't know, to be honest; at any rate, he didn't buy my suggestion that I was cured - he laughed and said he'd see me back at chemo next Tuesday to start the third different treatment in five months :-) - Camptosar and Erbitux. If anybody wants to make me feel good and say that this treatment will have fewer side effects that the 5-FU treatments of past (GI and hand/foot syndrome problems), feel free; I'd welcome anything that will make me look forward to next Tuesday besides being able to crash the free lunch that I'm sure a drug rep will be putting on for the clinic docs and nurses. Thanks Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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