I just recently had one of those new fangled CT/PET scans on Monday. It was one of the craziest things I've ever experienced. Ironically, I was pysched up for it as the doctor told me "We got one of those new PET/CT scanners" so I thought I was getting the latest and greatest in technology. Much to my surprise there was no room for it in the building they walked me outside to the parking lot to a semi trailer. The injection room was no bigger than a porto potty and since they couldn't lay a patient down, they recline a recliner. The entire time I could feel the chair vibrating and shaking me around from the wind outside the trailer and the trailer didn't feel heated so when I wasn't shaking from the vibrating recliner, I might have been shivering from the cold...lol. The entire time I sat there "vibrating" (I mentioned this to the technician who blew my vein the first stick) I couldn't help thinking about how accurate this could be since I was moving around from the wind.

Anyway, I find out on Friday the test results. I'm not so sure about the new fangled machine. It was far more comfortable with the previous set up from the patient perspective.

I had a CT scan about six months ago. Even with the results from that, the radiology department always puts on a disclaimer that they can never rule out that cancer isn't present.

Good luck Eric with your decision on whether to scan or not scan. I usually feel a bit relieved when I get through one and they don't spot anything new.

Jen