I'm writing up a very quick post tonight, but I just HAD to share that I went to see my RO to get the results of my PET/CT this afternoon and was given the best Christmas gift ever... a negative scan, with my body being completely unremarkable! Two clear PET scans in a row dramatically decreases my risk of a recurrence, so I am very, very happy.
That's all the time I have to post for now, but I figured whoever still reads this is entitled to hear about my good news. :)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Cookies, cookies everywhere and not a bite to eat!
As the holidays approach, I like to bake... and bake... and bake. Now, I don't like eating a ton of cookies or anything, I just love baking. I do enjoy eating a couple of my creations, but for the main part I like bringing them into work or giving them away. Today I brought in 4 packed containers with peanut brittle, peppermint bark, ginger cookies, and nut cups. I put half of it out on a tray in a break room at work and it was gone in less than 10 minutes! I brought the other half to an afternoon meeting and pretty much got rid of the rest.
Anyway... that's not really the point of mentioning the cookies. The point is that I haven't even had a chance to really sample all I made and I am REALLY in the mood for some cookies right now, but I'm scheduled for my 6 month PET/CT scan tomorrow and I'm not supposed to eat a lot of sugars, carbs, or caffeine 24 hrs prior to my scan. I haven't eaten any cookies all day even though I've been giving them out to folks. It's torturous! I actually only remembered the rule about not eating sugar. It wasn't until a little bit ago when I went on-line to look it up that I saw the carbs and caffeine bit. I actually had a coke zero and rice at lunch and a small serving of potatoes with dinner. I hope that doesn't interfere with my test. I guess the reason they tell you to restrict your diet the day before is to starve your cancer cells of sugar. Cancer cells uptake and metabolize glucose much faster than regular cells, which is why the PET scan works. When I go in for a scan, the first step is to get injected with the radioactive glucose. I then sit in a room for 45 minutes or so. If I were to have any cancer cells, within that 45 minutes, those cells would uptake and start metabolizing that glucose. Regular cells will take much longer to do that. So, if there were any cancer cells, when the scan takes place, they would light up on the screen. If the cancer cells are starved of glucose for 24 hours, then they're even more likely to uptake and metabolize the radioactive glucose when it is injected. If they're full of glucose already, then they probably won't.
So anyway.... I guess I'll sit here drinking water and just look forward to the fact that the place where I'm having my PET scan is right next to a Dunkin' Donuts. haha
Anyway... that's not really the point of mentioning the cookies. The point is that I haven't even had a chance to really sample all I made and I am REALLY in the mood for some cookies right now, but I'm scheduled for my 6 month PET/CT scan tomorrow and I'm not supposed to eat a lot of sugars, carbs, or caffeine 24 hrs prior to my scan. I haven't eaten any cookies all day even though I've been giving them out to folks. It's torturous! I actually only remembered the rule about not eating sugar. It wasn't until a little bit ago when I went on-line to look it up that I saw the carbs and caffeine bit. I actually had a coke zero and rice at lunch and a small serving of potatoes with dinner. I hope that doesn't interfere with my test. I guess the reason they tell you to restrict your diet the day before is to starve your cancer cells of sugar. Cancer cells uptake and metabolize glucose much faster than regular cells, which is why the PET scan works. When I go in for a scan, the first step is to get injected with the radioactive glucose. I then sit in a room for 45 minutes or so. If I were to have any cancer cells, within that 45 minutes, those cells would uptake and start metabolizing that glucose. Regular cells will take much longer to do that. So, if there were any cancer cells, when the scan takes place, they would light up on the screen. If the cancer cells are starved of glucose for 24 hours, then they're even more likely to uptake and metabolize the radioactive glucose when it is injected. If they're full of glucose already, then they probably won't.
So anyway.... I guess I'll sit here drinking water and just look forward to the fact that the place where I'm having my PET scan is right next to a Dunkin' Donuts. haha
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