Pre-scan anxiety starting

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Voxx66
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Re: Pre-scan anxiety starting

Postby Voxx66 » Sun May 11, 2014 2:49 pm

They inject them into your liver through a probe that is threaded in through your femoral artery. There are different periods of laying around. In the safety test they put you on a scanning table after a test dose of other material. You have to just lay there like an MRI. Other than that the bed rest is the same as for any cardiac catheterization. You have to lie flat in bed for a time period determined by the method of closing the cut into the Femoral.
DX and resect 10/2012 age 46
Stage IIa CRC
liver mets both lobes 8/2013
CEA 28
FOLFOX + Avastin 8/26/13 3 rounds
Folfox only 3 rds + rd 8
platelets low round 7,9,10 5FU only
1/14 CEA 1.0 y90
5fu
10/14 mets lung and peri
1/15 Folfiri

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Re: Pre-scan anxiety starting

Postby Val*pal » Sun May 11, 2014 7:58 pm

Voxx,
I'll be sending calming vibes your way. In the meantime, try playing online mahjong at Free Games. I find it is a mindless, repetitive activity that keeps me from going out of my mind with worry. It's either that or jig saw puzzles, but toting a laptop is easier.

You just posted that you are one tough mother, so that and mahjong will see you through. Ha!

Val
DH dx'ed May '11, age 62
Jul '11: resection Stage IV
10/11: 6 mo Folfox
8/12:thyr canc, surg/tx
2/13: peri mets
2/13: Firi/Avas
6/13: Ok
8/13: break
10/13: Lung, peri, mets
10/13: Firi/Erb
1/14: Erb Fail; spread
5/14: Tx stopped
6/20/14: At rest

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Re: Pre-scan anxiety starting

Postby Voxx66 » Sun May 11, 2014 8:36 pm

I play tons of video games but more along the lines of (at the moment) Battle Field 4, Titanfall, and The Elder Scrolls online. They aren't really mindless but they do take up one's time. In fact I just bought a monster gaming PC and also a top of the line gaming laptop. Seriously, gaming is what keeps me sane (though with the first person shooters, you would probably think I was crazy with the headphones and mic and all the yelling and cursing ha)
DX and resect 10/2012 age 46
Stage IIa CRC
liver mets both lobes 8/2013
CEA 28
FOLFOX + Avastin 8/26/13 3 rounds
Folfox only 3 rds + rd 8
platelets low round 7,9,10 5FU only
1/14 CEA 1.0 y90
5fu
10/14 mets lung and peri
1/15 Folfiri


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