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Old 02-01-2008, 02:52 PM   #3
Sherryg683
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tks Mary Jo

Tks Mary Jo, you are right..I need to relax and enjoy my clean bill of health. I just have never seen it mention on all my reports any indication of PET intake, although this radiologist seemed to go into much greater detail than any other one I've had. I usually have the same guy that reads my report and I'm kind of use to his terminology. Even so, this recent report said "no marked change since last scan", so I guess I should take this as good. My husband says that I always go looking for the worst. I just feel like I need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best and enjoy every day that I am healthy. When I was diagnosed, I had just had a visual breast exam from my GP. He missed the lump in my breast and didn't take me seriously when I called him a week later saying I had found something. I guess I now feel like I have to be on top of everything and second guess everything. I do need to believe in my Oncologist because in 2 years, he has never steered me wrong and has been right about everything. As far as frequency of PETs, I don't think there's a limit...if there is, I've used probably most of mine. I have had scans every 3 to 4 months. It's nice to know that I don't have to do it again for 6 months but a little scary. Tks again for responding, sometimes you just need someone to say "relax"..sherryg
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