Colleen, the PET is known for too many false positives. It will pick up inflammation and make the scan light up. The CT has far less false positives plus is only a few hundred dollars where a PET is several thousand. This is probably why they are doing the CT first.

Recovery cant happen quickly enough for any patient. Recovering from OC can take a very long time. Since your husband is only 7 weeks post rads, he still has a very long way to go before he has more good days than bad. I think from what you described, he is doing excellent!!! Back to work and his golf league already? Thats way ahead of how most OC patients bounce back. Plus able to do without his feeding tube and gaining a couple pounds. Your husband really has come a very long way with his recovery. A complete recovery can take up to 2 full years. He will continue to have ups and downs for the next few months with the downs gradually becoming less and less.

At the check up, make sure you tell the doc about the swallowing becoming more difficult. He may need the help of a speech pathologist. They can do wonders with exercises to help him with swallowing.

Best wishes with the appointment!