Whirlwind Day

Today was PETSCAN Imaging day; no, this isn't where you take your pet to be x-rayed to see if it has eaten your favorite shoe! This is a body scan from the top of one's head to the tips of the toes to see where cancer is lurking. I was given a shot of glucose laced with radiation, set to 'cook' for an hour then scanned to see where that radioactivity lit up in my body; apparently this mixture is something that 'un-hides' bad cancer cells. My oncology team are determined to make sure the treatments given me are precisely what I need for my cancer. (The treatments are personalized but the cancer itself just rudely invades me without any concern) I'll have the results and get to see these scans tomorrow; to say I'm completely calm is untrue, but mostly I am. These results will tell us if things are better, worse or status quo than originally diagnosed.

After the scan it was off to the other side of town for my 3rd radiation treatment. My first two treatments were done while I was in-patient; today's as an outpatient and the waiting room was filled with members of my 'new family'. From the looks of things most are upbeat; some not so much. There was even a husband and wife each going through treatments; he commented on how they'd been through so much together over the years, why not the experience of cancer, too?

Gotta tell you;  I've helped take care of many with cancer over the years and  hoped I'd never get it.. How strange that I smoked for 30 years; was completely delivered from that nasty habit without a single problem long ago and ended up with cervical cancer!. I never had problems with my cycles; sailed through menopause almost without even blinking and now nearly 5 yrs afterward; kaboom. Oh well, just another bump in the road of my life. So much has already taken place before this situation; so, yeah, just another bump for me to get over.

Like I've told my oncology team, family and friends: My attitude through this experience is gonna be the same as my blood type B Positive! I'll really test that out tomorrow when I have my first chemotherapy treatment. Night Night!