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woodsprite

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6. That's like my rejection for a PET scan
Sat May 20, 2023, 06:50 AM
May 2023

They put it in writing and told my onco verbally that I had a recurrence of endometrial cancer after 15 yrs, I had treatment, I’ve had all my female organs removed and a bowel resection, no need to follow up with a PET scan to follow a slightly enlarged inoperable lymph node that showed up on a CAT scan with contrast to determine if it was a spread or just reactive.

Thank goodness he and my uro collaborated and came up with a way to monitor me by continuing and getting approval for quarterly CAT scans with contrast, which showed more detail. AND thankful that it was a reactive node and has continued to shrink.

(Sorry for the poorly formed run-on sentence. That’s what happens before coffee. )

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