Well, I am H-Pylori negative. So, today I start the series of additional tests needed to determine if this rare lymphoma is hanging out anywhere else in my body. Today I'm having my PET Scan, which stands for Positron Emission Tomography. It's a scan that shows what's going on inside your body & areas of concerns will light up a certain color. It doesn't capture everything tho, but it's one of the more reliable tests out there for identifying cancer in the body, so I'm grateful for it. The pre-scan process takes a bit of time, but I actually found it relaxing. They inject the dye (radioactive drug tracer) into your body and then you just lay around for an hour or so as the stuff travels all throughout your body. The staff was super nice, they brought me water and I had my own room with a blankie & a chair that allows you to kick back, complete w/ a foot rest. #winning There's a TV if you want to watch that or I think you can also opt to listen to music. I watched Netflix on my phone & chatted with some friends on messenger until they came to get me.
My PET Scan was at the Duke Mobile Imaging Complex. The actual scan took about 30-40 minutes-ish. I was never so relieved to find that a PET Scan isn't claustrophobic like a MRI is. My anxiety reduced dramatically as soon as learned I had room to breathe & I wouldn't have to feel entrapped. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, took in the white noise that the machine makes as it's scanning & I disconnected from all things (which I realized afterwards was much needed).
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