Second PET Scan

8th June, 2012

Chris was scheduled for a PET scan at 8am. This had to be done at RPA as the PET scan machine at Westmead was down. Chris had to fast from 3am, so no breaky or coffee ..made for an abrupt start to the morning.

Yup, today was a huge day as we were going to find out if the treatment had been killing off Chris's free loading baddies. We were both anxiously waiting for the scan to be done & to receive the results.

It felt like the winter's coldest morning as we drove over to the hospital. Once we arrived, we were ushered straight into a private room where they started to explain the process.  We already knew the drill as Chris had previously had a PET scan.

So, the next step was to the inject the radioactive glucose into Chris's vein, then Chris needed to keep still & lie down for the next 45  minutes prior to the scan being conducted. The nurse left us in the room together & of course, when someone tells you to be quiet & still,  it's the last thing you can do & we both would crack up uncontrollably, again & again. Finally though, Chris started to nod off as I had found a dimmer on the lights so she could just rest.

Once the nurse came in to take Chris for the scan, there was a 45 minute time frame, so I went off, to grab a coffee for Chris, so she could have a nice coffee waiting as soon as she was done.

In my next post I will talk about the scan results, a lot has happened since the scan day,  things are looking positive but there has also been some changes to Chris’s treatment path.