Husband pet ct scan

Hi new here

im after a bit of advice please 

my husband has a lump in his neck on the left and it's a reasonable size golf ball size?

he was sent for a biopsy in may and we didn't hear a single word back!

yesterday he received an appointment letter he's been referred for a PET CT scan!

neither of us knew what it was so we looked it up and the majority of articles said it's to see if your cancer has spread anywhere!

incoming panic we ring the hospital they wouldn't tell him the results even though they were in and the consultant had seen them as he requested the scan

we ring the hospital where the scan is due and they said they couldn't see his results just that the consultant requested it due to the result being inconsistent? I think that was the word they used.

the lump has been there for years and he's had several blood tests every single one has been normal so I suppose what I'm asking is if the bloods are normal and he's had no symptoms of any illness since the lump has been there so we need to panic? Would something like that show on blood tests? Would it have spread causing symptoms if it's been there for years?

thank you for reading

Parents
  • Hello, and thank you for posting.

    I'm afraid it is going to be difficult for me to answer your questions as we are not part of your husband's team. I do not know whether there is anything the matter but what I can say is that the team at the hospital are trying to get a clearer picture of what is going on.

    When a biopsy is inconsistent it can mean that they haven't been given a clear idea if there is anything the matter and so they need to use other investigations, like PET scans, to help them get their answers. This doesn't mean its necessarily anything sinister, as of course many other things can go on in the body, but they need this information to get a true picture.

    I can appreciate this is a worrying time for you both, and the waiting for information is hard, but at the moment do try and keep yourselves busy. If your mind is distracted it can help make time pass quicker.

    Take care Emmalou, and I hope you know more about what is going on soon.

    Sarah.

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  • Hello, and thank you for posting.

    I'm afraid it is going to be difficult for me to answer your questions as we are not part of your husband's team. I do not know whether there is anything the matter but what I can say is that the team at the hospital are trying to get a clearer picture of what is going on.

    When a biopsy is inconsistent it can mean that they haven't been given a clear idea if there is anything the matter and so they need to use other investigations, like PET scans, to help them get their answers. This doesn't mean its necessarily anything sinister, as of course many other things can go on in the body, but they need this information to get a true picture.

    I can appreciate this is a worrying time for you both, and the waiting for information is hard, but at the moment do try and keep yourselves busy. If your mind is distracted it can help make time pass quicker.

    Take care Emmalou, and I hope you know more about what is going on soon.

    Sarah.

Children
  • Thank you for your reply

    we still don't know what's going on as we rang back and the consultants receptionist was sorting out the results to hand over to the consultant to look at so they said they had no idea why we had received the appointment for the scan!

    still very confused and waiting for a call back somewhen this week hopefully 

    I will keep you updated

    thanks again

    emma