Yeah - they rarely do PET scans within 3 months of surgery but in this instance they did due to my wife was unable to do it pre tx as she was 31 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed..

The reason why they conducted the PET so close to the surgery date was because they wanted to be absolutely sure that the cancer had not metastasised to other parts of the body (we had an Mx as part of the diagnosis due to this) as one of her lymph nodes did burst and was showing leakage..

Anyways, looks like the primary concern of the distant metastasis to the lungs & livers look like it is all clear, and hopefully we get the all clear with this 'activity' we see near the BOT where they operated on..

Feels like it is still a long way to go with 6.5 weeks of Radiotherapy & Chemotherapy, and this recent ordeal has not helped at all in settling the nerves and taking it easy until treatment date frown


6/8/12: Wife 33y/o with no risk dx with Stage IVa SCC L of Tongue(T4aN2bM0)
3/9/12: Induced birth @ 36 weeks - Baby Hunter!
11/9/12: OP - 3/4 Partial Gloss, Radical ND & Tongue Rec.
24/10/12: 33xRad + 7xChemo
7/12/12: Tx complete
21/3/13 & 21/6/13: NED
24/7/13: SCC in Lungs - OP: Lobectomy (VATS)
29/1/14 passed away