Wednesday, 9/29 - I've been trying to eliminate sugar from my diet, so what do they do....?

FYI: I'm reposting the blog entries from my original, no frills format. I'm surprised at the number of requests for these old postings. I didn't think anyone was actually reading this blog, let alone rereading old entries.

Today's PET Scan went off without a hitch. I actually fell asleep in the scanning tube.

PET Scans are different in that they take longer than other scans. They strap you in with large Velcro straps so you don't move, and ask you to lay perfectly still for 45 minutes. It's worth it though because this scan will show us good info.

They injected me with radioactive sugar and waited for it to distribute through my body. Tumors are hungry, greedy bastards, demanding lots of your body's resources. They want to grow and spread, and that requires energy in the form of sugar.

In the scan, they look for where the radioactive sugar is being concentrated in the body. Tumors light up like fireflies on Three Mile Island.

It all went well today. We're meeting with the doctor on Friday to talk about all the results and "the next step" in treatment.

I'm more tired than usual today, plus I don't feel well in a general way. Maybe it's the radioactive crap, or maybe it's the stress, or maybe a combination of 1,000 different things.

Mentally I'm either mellow or numb. Don't know which.

On a different note, here's a picture of a monkey with a large red ass.