Today I met with my oncologist and we discussed the results of my recent PET/CT scan, and I have excellent news: the PET scan was negative. This means there was essentially no PET activity which means the cancer has been killed. My lymph nodes are almost back to normal size and even the large clumps of cancerous lymph nodes are no more. This is great news for my prognosis but it does not change my current chemotherapy treatment regimen. The last thing that we want to do now is claim victory and prematurely stop the attack. We need to continue as if the scan was never performed and pretend that we don’t know what my current status is. I am now half way through my chemo regimen.
I am going to try to post pictures of my PET/CT scan. I visited the radiology department at the hospital and a radiologist showed me a fused PET/CT image both from the scan I had before chemo and the one I had on Monday. The images I saw were amazing. Before chemo it appeared as though my entire chest was inundated with cancerous lymph nodes, and now those are all but gone. I am very excited about this recent news, and I would like for everyone to see it for himself or herself. Look for a post in the next few days with these pictures.
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