 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Kerry,
Yes - don't get your expectations up that the scans will be perfect and show a fully cancer free recovery. The radiology reports note every single detail and anomoly, including those that are a part of the normal healing process. My early MRI's practically had me jumping off of the fire escape and everything turned out fine in the end.
You can almost bet that the PET scan will show activity where damaged tissue is still healing. Many RO's will wait for 6 months before ordering a PET.
It was well over a year before I had clear MRI's.
Early scans were always a source of great anxiety for me and if you have anti-anxiety meds this is the time to use them.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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