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Sherryg683 · 04-01-2008, 04:51 PM

Well my Oncologists reply to my lung spots having such a low SUV was "they were too small to take up to much glucose"....oh well. He then said that he is of the belief that the spots actually were a false positive, he thought we would have seen some sort of reoccurance by now, that and they disapeared after 3 weeks treatment. I'm going to try and start believing that. It's just hard once you are programed to think the worse. He also told me that the 2.4 was still way beyond the uptake which usually determines malignancy. He said malignant uptake is usually in the 7.0 range. I guess I will just continue on with my Herceptin indefinately and pray, pray , pray..sherryg683

04-01-2008, 04:51 PM	#3
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	Well my Oncologists reply to my lung spots having such a low SUV was "they were too small to take up to much glucose"....oh well. He then said that he is of the belief that the spots actually were a false positive, he thought we would have seen some sort of reoccurance by now, that and they disapeared after 3 weeks treatment. I'm going to try and start believing that. It's just hard once you are programed to think the worse. He also told me that the 2.4 was still way beyond the uptake which usually determines malignancy. He said malignant uptake is usually in the 7.0 range. I guess I will just continue on with my Herceptin indefinately and pray, pray , pray..sherryg683 __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!