Just had the big “6-0” Birthday – 3.5yrs and going strong!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Patti. A trip to France? Oo lala. I would say a well deserved trip. I can’t advise about the scans but it does sound like your doctor is right up on everything. Anxious to hear your results. So glad you are doing so well.
Hi Patty….Happy Birthday and a happy new year to you also. I also believe that your cancer is behaving rather nicely (if one can say it so) and I am thrilled to hear the good news. I so much hope for that one day when this disease is fully understood and can be treated with predictable results.
Regarding the CT/Pet scan: your physician may be talking about: Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography.
Or, if that is not the case then what is possible is to scan on a PET scanner and a CT scanner, separately. Both scans can then be electronically fused to produce something that resembles a PET/CT scan. The later is a bit more complex, as body positions may not align perfectly. But, I have heard of it being done.
Either way, good luck, congratulations, and thanks so very much for sharing this wonderful news with all of us.
All my best wishes,
MarionHello again friends and new members.
I haven’t been on this board since my last CT scan in October, but it (again) showed no change in the tumors in my liver. Similar to suzq104 (welcome and congrats on the 5+ years!) I’ve got a very slow growing variety. It’s been 3.5 yrs with no surgery and many chemos, but always “no change”. I’ve taken the oral chemos too. This last meeting with my Onc I asked him: “I get that there is relatively “no change” in the growth of my tumors, but we know that they DO move around, some shrink a little, some grow a little, and it’s different each 3 month CT scan”. I’m curious WHY do they do that? “
He replied that they don’t really know, and I’ve busted all expectations as it is because I’ve had no surgery or anything other than chemos, and for almost a year now I’ve not been on ANYTHING. He then said, as if he just thought of it, that they now have a machine that can take both a CT scan AND a PET scan at the same time and overlay them on each other. He said I should try that in January (in a couple of weeks now). It might tell us something more about all these tumors in my liver.
Has anyone else had this sort of scan? Did it show anything? I’ve had two PET scans that didn’t “work”…didn’t show much of anything I guess. So I’m very curious!
But for the GOOD news! I’m still here and doing very well! I just turned 60 yrs old on 12/28 and boy I didn’t think THAT would happen! I was diagnosed 8/07 and given 3-11 months, so…. I’m a happy camper~!
My sister, who got breast cancer 9 months after I got diagnosed, and I just went on a trip to France! Believe it or not, she WON the trip in a contest online! So us two slightly beaten up “survivors” had a HECK of a time in France for two weeks this Fall. Never thought THAT would happen either! I think I’m finally catching on to the idea that living for today is a great way to go!
Best wishes to everyone for this new year!
Patti
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