Day 27 - About the coming PET scan

I got up at 05:00 this morning. Trying to get in the mood for tomorrow's early PET scan. My PETscan os scheduled for 07:30.

Today I ate an egg with minced pilchards for breakfast. Egg and pilchards for lunch, and supper is steaming now. Broccoli and Haddock.
I did not go for a walk today. I have been following the pre-PET scan procedure exactly.
I called the Oncologist and got a booking to see her on Tuesday the 8th to review the results of the PET scan.

I went to the WCL (Wound Care Lady) today. She changed the dressing on the leg. It looks much better The sores are smaller and look like they are healing...But...The purple area that surrounds the sores is larger and darker. So the sores are healing, but the bad area is spreading. She said that she can see many new sores developing inside the bad area
The area in question is about 28 cm X 18 cm. (11in x 7 in) between my ankle and the knee on my left leg. The exact extent of the lymphatic cell that are cancerous can only be determined by a PET scan. Then the plan will most likely be, to remove the skin from that area.

If the cancer hasn't spread beyond that area, then removing that skin should slow down the spread to other areas of my body. But, maybe removing that skin will only be like closing the barn door after the horse has run away.

I am thinking about adding some solar panels to my roof solar system. But I need to see what the PET scan says before I want to commit money to that.

I never like being told what to do. Maybe that comes from being an aircraft Captain for 30 years. I hate alarm clocks for the same reason. I don't like some machine bossing me around. The worst is when I try to shut down my computer, and it tells me I need to do something else first. Who is in charge? I say stop, shut down, die, and then it argues with me. I just pull the plug.

This cancer thing makes me want to pull the plug on the world. I am SO not in charge. I can see why people commit suicide. It puts them in charge.

Well I now need to eat my fish and broccoli, and get out my clothes for tomorrow. They say wear comfortable clothes with no metal.
I will arrive around 06:30 at the Little Company of Mary Hospital. For one hour before the scan I am not supposed to read, or move lots, or even talk. They also say I must keep warm. The goo will be absorbed by any cell needing energy. So if I talk a lot, then my vocal chords will require energy, and so they will absorb the goo. Also my eye muscles will absorb if my eyes move a lot. If I get cold, then the fat will absorb the goo.

The goo they inject me with is made that morning at 03:00. Part is via a needle and bag, and part is drank. It takes about an hour for the goo to move around, and get absorbed my cancer cells. It is absorbed where normally sugar would be absorbed. Thats why the zero carb diet for 24 hours comes from.

Then the PET/CT scan starts. It will take about 25 minutes. I will be in like a big hot dog bun, and I will be the hot dog. They say it is not noisy like an MRI, but is silent. I must be very still and not move. I am worried about my back starting to cramp up.

After the scan, they want me to sit quietly till they check if the scan was a good one. If not we do it again. If it was a good scan and the pictures are good, then I will be allowed to eat and drink. They say to bring my own food, a thermos of coffee, and something to read.

Since the goo is very radioactive, I can not come into contact with any children or pregnant ladies for a few hours. They want me to stay with them for a few hours till I pee out all the radioactive goo.

They will then get a radiologist to interpret the scan. They say it takes 3 working days. So I scan on Wednesday, and three working days is Monday, when the Oncologist will recieve the report, then on Tuesday at 09:30 I have an appointment with the Oncologist to get the verdict.

I feel that finally something is happening.