Waiting on PET scan results
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Waiting on PET scan results

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    • April 29, 2017 at 10:01 pm
    warreri
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      Feeling really nervous. Everything seemed pretty well under control when I was on the Taf/Mek combo since it shrunk my tumor considerably but my SLNB turned up on lymph node where a bit of tumor was growing and bits of it where found in the fat surrounding it. I had to have another round of radiation for that reason. I'm going through the usual paranoia of fearing any odd pain that I feel, is related and that my results are going to come back bad. How do you cope with this? 

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        • April 30, 2017 at 6:06 am
        sgreenberg
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          Amen. My wife had a PET several days ago after Taf/Mek stopped working on her brain mets and she started on Keytruda. Results in our (otherwise excellent) healthcare system take FOREVER (ten working days). Best I can suggest is try to distract yourself. Good luck and hope the results are good!

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