Re: PET Scan

I've been through chemo before. At the time, I was feeling well and it was largely a preventative measure: to nuke any remaining cancer after surgery. In that it was, apparently, not completely successful because it has reappeared (yeah, colon cancer) in my liver 22 years later! On the plus side, it was a relatively minor inconvenience AT THAT TIME, but I was feeling OK; now I'm barely functional, so a trip to the hospital once a week has changed from a minor annoyance to a virtual impossibility, particularly unaided. They also say the chemo has improved significantly in 22 years, which is a good thing. But when the smoke clears, even if they nuke the cancer, I'm left with terminal cirrhosis, and I point out the word "terminal" in that description. So I don't know if the trauma of the chemo is even worth it, if it's only to end up dying of something else. At least I don't have to fear the knock on the door (as far as I can tell) so I won't be going for that reason. Thanks for your concern. I wish words could explain how sick I feel all the time now. Somersault