Yesterday was a long, yucky day. I had my thirteenth chemo treatment
and I had a PET scan for 3:30 pm at the cancer agency. For the PET
scan I wasn't allowed to eat for 6 hours before. So I had a small
bowl of cereal at 8:30 am then went to VGH from 9 am to 3 pm and had
chemo, I felt so sick and weak from having all those drugs in me and
no food. At 3 pm I walked to the agency and filled out forms for the
PET scan. At 3:30 pm I was brought into a little private room where
they explained to me what was going to take place. First I had an
muscle relaxant drug then 10 minutes later they injected me (using my
PICC line, yay!) with a radioactive glucose liquid. They had me sit
still in this room for an hour so that the compound could go through
my system. The glucose is supposed to grab onto any active cancer
cells, then they can see if there are any active areas in my body
looking for the radioactive portion of this compound during the
scan. The machine they use is very similar to the CT scan except
that it is a longer donut. And unlike the CT scan which is very
quick, the PET scan takes a half an hour to complete where you have
to lay motionless. I didn't get home until 5:30 pm yesterday. I ate
right away, watched some TV and went to bed as early as I could.
Today I don't feel too bad, I'm just going to take it easy.