This morning I have a scan scheduled for 8 am. Bleagh. It's called Breast Specific Gamma Imaging, and scans both breasts with a much finer focus than an MRI. They inject a radioactive tracer into my arm--it will settle where there's been recent activity, such as cancer cells partying down. It's sort of like a mammogram, except that the camera is on a movable arm, I sit in a chair, and once they clamp the camera thing onto my breast, I sit very still for 5 minutes. We do several views of each breast. It's mildly but not terribly uncomfortable. Dim room, early morning, sitting still--I fall asleep. The technician keeps waking me up, and I keep nodding off again. Put my tit in a wringer, and I'll still take a nap.
Anyway, got the results this afternoon--nothing seen anywhere except where we already found the cancer. Yay! Increasing evidence that this sucker hasn't spread.
Tomorrow I have no tests or appointments associated with the cancer--yet. I'm waiting to hear from some of the labs as to when I can come visit them. I am slated to get my teeth cleaned, but that's about it. I will, of course, keep you all posted.
Anyway, got the results this afternoon--nothing seen anywhere except where we already found the cancer. Yay! Increasing evidence that this sucker hasn't spread.
Tomorrow I have no tests or appointments associated with the cancer--yet. I'm waiting to hear from some of the labs as to when I can come visit them. I am slated to get my teeth cleaned, but that's about it. I will, of course, keep you all posted.
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