Second PET/CT Results

Weight: 136.0
Pain: 0/10
Nausea: 0/10
Depression: 5/10
Tiredness: 1/10
Swallowing Difficulty: 3/10
Medications: Prevacid, Vitamin E, Multivitamin

So I had my second PET/CT scan yesterday. It was quite routine as usual - not much different than the first time around. The whole procedure took a couple of hours. An hour after I finished the scan, I requested CDs of the scan images and took a look at the results. My first impression of the images were quite depressing - it looked as though activity of the tumor site increased, but the size was about the same. I also noted lots of activity around my colon which scared the hell out of me as there was no such activity around that part in the first PET/CT scan that I got.

A few hours later, I read the radiology report and it said that the tumor was stable - no significant change at all; it also said that there were no other organs that were affected. The tumor is the same size (but there was noted increase in activity in the tumor as revealed in the PET scan). So I probably shouldn't worry about my colon; but the fact that I've been having intestinal issues for nearly a week might be something of significance added to the fact of increase in metabolic activity around that area. I'll notify my doctor in our next meeting.

After all I went through with chemo for 2 months and still no change - it really is quite disappointing. I expected so much more from what I've been through and to find out that nothing has changed its VERY depressing.

But at least it hasn't spread or gotten bigger. But it still sucks.