I had a restless night last night for no particular reason. Just couldn’t turn off my mind. I woke up exhausted and with a headache. This morning I had a PET scan, so I had to fast. My appointment was not until 10:30 AM and the scanning process took 1.5 hours (not including paperwork, etc), so it was about 1PM before I could eat anything. Once I finished the paperwork, they gave me a radioactive sugar injection and then I had to wait for an hour so that it could move through my body. They told me not to sit too close to Mike because I was radioactive! The scan itself took 20 min in a CT scan type machine. I slept through most of it, waking up only when the table moved through the scanner. We should have the results early next week.
For the good news – tumor markers dropped another 22 points down to 91. Woo hoo! 🙂 🙂
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Fantastic news o n the markers! I hear you about the mind not turning off. Sometimes it just won’t rest and sometimes it rests too much! When I can’t fall asleep I pretend I am laying on the beach in Aruba under a canopy (so I don’t get sunburn) with a fan blowing the cool, ocean breeze on me while steel drums play in the background. I can hear and smell all of this and it works wonders
Thanks Kathy – that is a great image, will have to try it!
Great news about the tumor markers – down to double digits again. I guess you forgot to tell me about them when we talked on the phone. How long will you be radioactive? Ryan might try to use you as a night light 😉 Love you, Mom
So glad the tumer markers are down, yeah! Hope you get some rest tonight. Make Mike make dinner and take care of the kids ;).
Sending lots of big hugs!
Decrease of your markers is a good sign, I hope the PET scan confirms this!
Great news on the tumor markers!
You rock!
Great news!
Thanks for being patient about the re-scheduled phone calls.
Did Ethan see that Grandma contributed 50 bucks to the walk?
Love Dad @ Tina
Wonderful News! Hope your nights are better.