PET/CT scan results tomorrow

[Julie2]

I am anxiously waiting for my PET/CT scan results. I wil come to know tomorrow. The last two scans showed mild uptake in mediastinal nodes. I am only on Herceptin hoping that it can take care of it. I am really hoping for a miracle, I don't want to go on chemo again. Please keep me in your thoughts.

Thanks,
Julie

[Patty F]

Julie
I know the anxiety of waiting for scan results. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Faith in Him]

I will be praying for good scan results. I know its hard waiting.

[lexigirl]

Julie,

You are in my thoughts and prayers now.

Hugs,
Lexi

[Bill]

You're in my thoughts and prayers here, Julie.

[Joan M]

Julie, I'm praying for good scan results. Joan

[mrsd]

Hoping you have good results from your scan

[Chelee]

Julie, I just went through that same thing...meaning waiting for my PET/CT results. Talk about high anxiety. Its even worse for you because your waiting to see if the herceptin is doing its job. I will certainly be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Please let us know what you find out when you get a chance. Hang in there...I'm praying for your miracle.

Chelee

[Faith in Him]

Julie,

Just sending my prayers and warm wishes to you this morning as you await your results.

Tonya

[Sandy in Silicon Valley]

Hi,

I'm also awaiting CT torso scan results - and expect to get the full radiology report today, when I see my onc. It's definitely an anxiety-filled time. But I've often (over the past 5+ years with mets) wondered at the notion of praying or wishing for good results, in advance of learning the diagnostic tests' outcome.

Personally, all I hope for is ACCURATE results - whether or not my mets have progressed, I definitely want to know, and be able to make an informed decision about whether to switch treatments. I know so many people whose tests, or docs, didn't indicate what was growing inside them - and who missed out on getting timely, appropriate treatment because of that.

I usually hope/pray for good results when I enter a new treatment - meaning effectiveness & tolerability. By the time I get my dx tests, I figure all I'm hoping for is that they show whatever is there...

(((hugs)))
Sandy in Silicon Valley

[Mary Anne in TX]

Good luck Sandy and Julie on good, accurate results! ma

[chrisy]

First, Julie, I hope that your scans show good news.

Sandy, interesting perspective on scans. I have to agree with you on wanting the scans to show what's really going on, good or bad. In January I had bad scans in every sense of the word - the scan itself was not conclusive AND in the end did show progression. I know that the time waiting for people to figure it out was unbearable. And of course in the absence of real information, my imagination filled in the rest. Not a good scenario.

I know Sandy you're not much into the mind over matter stuff, but I read an interesting book called Healing Words by Dr. Larry Dossey in which he reviewed many studies that were looking at the ability of the mind or prayers to impact the "real" world. It was now an easy read but was pretty provocative stuff. One of the more interesting studies was with people trying to influence the outcomes of a "machine". I think it was a random number generator. The studies indicated that not only could the influencers impact the results remotely and in the future, but also impact results in the past. So you just never know!

That said, I think I'll change my hopes/prayers for good scans to be: "I hope/pray that my scans accurately report a showing of good results"!