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Re: Pet Scan
I moved from S. Louisiana where I had surgery, started chemo (TCH) and completed radiation to E. Tennessee. I have all new doctors of course. Neither the onc nor the surgeon who is following me recommends another PET. I had one after surgery, but I don't know that I'd have had another one if I had stayed where I was. We never discussed it.
From these posts, I'm wondering if I'm getting the best treatment or if my age (75) makes me ineligible. I know there are new rules in place governing who receives what treatment and at what stage or age, but no one has told me why I shouldn't get a PET scan.
The surgeon I see has ordered two needle biopsies of a node on my L. thyroid. Neither yielded anything useful, but I've had to start taking something for underactive thyroid. He also wanted a needle biopsy of the right thyroid, but the radiologist refused to do it w/o a CT. He said the location presented a risk.
I'm thoroughly confused!
My best to all of you.
Lynne
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Radical colectomy, March 1996
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