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Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 114 | Is the CT scan used with the PET scan the same as the CT you have without PET?
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Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | It is a lower dose of radiation and not intend to do anything but provide anatomical reference for comparative scans. It is not diagnostic.
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 | Uptown is right. It's low dose. I had PET/CT, without contrast, that needed follow-up with a CT for the liver due to not being clear enough to make a diagnosis. Even with a stand alone CT, I need them without contrast, and would be better with, but everything was ok, that's all I needed to hear.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 14 | Did you ever see the allergist? I saw in another post if yours that your biopsy result said hyperplasia just like mine did. Your lymph tissue is reacting to an irritant.
Edit: also wanted to ask you if your ct scan said anything about your sinuses being swollen. I have noticed that my bot problem flares up when my right nostril is clogged which is often. Supposedly I have a deviated septum and that can cause sinus issues. Everything in there is connected. Also when the doc biopsies my spot my nose and ear unclogged immediately for a awhile.
Last edited by Shane's; 09-21-2013 04:47 PM.
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