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StephN · 02-02-2006, 06:35 PM

To all of you who held me in their thoughts today.
What I actually had was a scan in the new PET/CT machine.
They scanned my neck and head.
That was the easiest thing I have done - just more like a long CT scan, without having to drink something beforehand. Both screenings are done in ONE machine and the PET part was perfectly quiet - not even a light blinking to tell me something was happening.

And the space inside is a little larger than the old PET scanner so I did not even feel the sides with my elbows. So if anyone is problematic with tight spaces this will be easier for you to tolerate.

Hope to have some results by the end of tomorrow - the radiologist I know was not attending today, so could not get a "sneek peek."

02-02-2006, 06:35 PM	#12
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Thanks so much! To all of you who held me in their thoughts today. What I actually had was a scan in the new PET/CT machine. They scanned my neck and head. That was the easiest thing I have done - just more like a long CT scan, without having to drink something beforehand. Both screenings are done in ONE machine and the PET part was perfectly quiet - not even a light blinking to tell me something was happening. And the space inside is a little larger than the old PET scanner so I did not even feel the sides with my elbows. So if anyone is problematic with tight spaces this will be easier for you to tolerate. Hope to have some results by the end of tomorrow - the radiologist I know was not attending today, so could not get a "sneek peek."