 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
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Inflamation will cause a PET scan to light up. Go to your doc and make sure that you are healthy enough for a PET scan before you get one. It would be awful to get one nad it lights up all over cuz of the problems yo are having. You would be worried sick thinking you had cancer again.
Normally a PET scan is given a minimum of 3 months after you finish rads. Most docs will wait til 4 - 6 months before they do one. PET scans are very costly so it doesnt make sense to do one so close to you finishing tx and having another biopsy healing. What were the biopsy results?
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
