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An anxious wait . . . is now back on again

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Hi everyone,

Just a quick update, straight from the horses mouth, so to speak!

The specialist liver nurse has just rung to say that my latest MRI scan results have shown no new tumours!!!  

Still the original three little blighters!

One of three has remained the same size, but the other two have slightly increased in size.

Next step is to have a PET scan (will need to look this up on here!) thought the nurse did explain it was like a CT scan only with glucose - I'm guessing to highlight markers elsewhere in the body?

If this scan is ok, liver resection and stoma reversal is next on the cards!

No timescales yet, but I'm wearing a smile as big as the sun today!

Thank you everyone for all your supportive messages during my 'anxious wait'

Love to you all, Jo xx

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    Great news Jo. I'm sure you will feel a great sense of relief now knowing you are in a good position for further surgery.

    A PET scan involves an injection of radioactive glucose-type dye, and the scanning is similar to a CT-Scan. You are injected with the dye then need to wait a wee while whilst it travels round your body.  Areas of cancer cells "digest" this glucose dye quicker than healthy tissue and so show up differently in the scan images.  As far as I know it is a full body scan but I'm not 100% sure. Once you've had it you can't go near children or pregnant women for a few hours as well - I'm sure the information leaflets will tell you all this anyway.

    Enjoy the sunshine whilst you digest this piece of better news.xxx

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    Great news Jo. I'm sure you will feel a great sense of relief now knowing you are in a good position for further surgery.

    A PET scan involves an injection of radioactive glucose-type dye, and the scanning is similar to a CT-Scan. You are injected with the dye then need to wait a wee while whilst it travels round your body.  Areas of cancer cells "digest" this glucose dye quicker than healthy tissue and so show up differently in the scan images.  As far as I know it is a full body scan but I'm not 100% sure. Once you've had it you can't go near children or pregnant women for a few hours as well - I'm sure the information leaflets will tell you all this anyway.

    Enjoy the sunshine whilst you digest this piece of better news.xxx

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