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Chelee · 04-15-2010, 05:33 PM

When I have a PET/CT I'm told nobody is allowed back there with me and they are adamant about it! No talking, reading, nothing. I really put some pressure on them to see if I could at least read a book if I didn't move? The answer was no. I thought they were kidding but they weren't.

So after I change clothes & get comfy in my chair they will give me a blanket to stay warm. Then once I get the injection they turn off the lights in this room and tell me they will be back to get me in about 1 hr. So I usually nod off since I'm not allowed to anything. Once the PET/CT is done they have never told me to stay away from kids or adults. The only thing they have told me each and every time is to drink plenty of water as they are handing me a bottle. It's interesting how these places are so different.

Chelee

04-15-2010, 05:33 PM	#11
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Radioactive after FDG injection???? When I have a PET/CT I'm told nobody is allowed back there with me and they are adamant about it! No talking, reading, nothing. I really put some pressure on them to see if I could at least read a book if I didn't move? The answer was no. I thought they were kidding but they weren't. So after I change clothes & get comfy in my chair they will give me a blanket to stay warm. Then once I get the injection they turn off the lights in this room and tell me they will be back to get me in about 1 hr. So I usually nod off since I'm not allowed to anything. Once the PET/CT is done they have never told me to stay away from kids or adults. The only thing they have told me each and every time is to drink plenty of water as they are handing me a bottle. It's interesting how these places are so different. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.