PET scan day

23rd March, 2012,

PET scan day.. so what is a pet scan?, this was where they injected radioactive glucose into Chris's vein & then put her through one of those mega million dollar machines, that whirled around her body, taking 3d images of her insides. The radioactive glucose stuck to the active cancer cells & therefore showed up on the Pet scan.

Prior to them injecting the radioactive glucose, I was asked to leave, as I couldn't be with her when they injected the solution.

After the scan, Chris came out & said that it was uncomfortable, lying still in the machine. It would have been at least 45 minutes on the hard plastic bed that fits inside the machine. She told me they taped her head down to the bed as she needed to be completely still. She also had to hold her arms above her head the entire time.

She also told me that at one stage when she was placed into the dark room by herself that she looked at her hands & thought they were glowing aka radioactive style & then realized that there was a window behind her & there was some light was escaping through & lightning up her hands, ha we both had a good laugh! 
Ah I love her so much, she amazes me..she is just taking all of this in her stride.