Third PET Scan, Hanging in There...
I had my third PET two weeks ago....I was worried about a spot on my collarbone that was growing, and so was my oncologist. The results were that the spot has shrunk a little bit! But there is an area of activity in the breast that has the cancer, that is showing activity. So they will continue to watch any spots of activity by continuing a PET scan every three months, indefinitely. I worry about what the radioactivity is doing to my body, it doesn't stay in there very long at all, but it can't be good, having this many in such a short period of time? What does my meds regimen look like? I switched from herceptin and perjeta infusions which took hours to administer, to an injection that combines those two meds and it is called Phesgo. It is a slowly administered injection in the upper thigh, and it burns like heck when it goes in. If the nurse is careful, and does not hit any scar tissue from previous injections alternating in each leg, the pain is very minimal. Last m...