Went and did my PET Scan today, a fairly mundane procedure requiring an injection, a 45 minute wait for the solution to spread across the body, and then the actual scan in the machine. A remarkable piece of equipment, the actual scan is housed in a mobile truck adjacent to the Sandwich Health Center...complete with full computer screening area, and a prep room.
This was my final diagnostic procedure, until I got back and found out I have another CT Scan next Tuesday, this one of the chest. The big appointment is next Monday, 4/23, with my Oncologist who will look at all the testing and results to date and determine the stage along with the appropriate treatment regime; I am still planning on going to Dana Farber for a confirmation and second opinion, likely in early May.
The calendar fills up pretty quick and I am certainly thankful that we have such a wonderful staff here, I'll be pretty busy with all the tests over the next few days, prior to leaving, and don't look like I'll be in the office all that much...got to figure out exactly what and where it is before you fight it.
Still feeling really good about everything and looking forward to starting treatments; my thought on medical care for the day would be this:
How do they manage to keep such a poor assortment of old magazines in the waiting room of every medical facility? Once in a while I pick one up without looking and you get news of the fall of the Berlin Wall, or the Internet Bubble Bursting...today I read some magazine about New England Architecture, from mid-2006, and Reader's Digest (2005)...finally I just gave up and tried to nap. But seriously, the amount of time people spend waiting, it would be nice if they updated their periodical collection; I'll bring a book in the future.
Stay Dry!
3 comments:
Hey Gary - your attitude and outlook are inspiring. Thanks for the updates and sharing your thoughts, please keep them coming.
And hopefully someday someone will be sitting in a doctor's office and pick up an out-of-date magazine that talks about the 'old' news that cancer has finally been cured.
hi Gary...it is always hard to find the right words to say...there really aren't any right words during times like this. I do have to say, the way you are taking on this new challenge and researching as you are learning yourself, as well as posting your research is very inspiring as well as educational. One can only hope to be as open as you and your dad both have been in taking your cancer head on while still being positive. Thanks for keeping us informed and making us all feel part of the Sheehan family. You will not only come out ahead of this, but stronger as well.
Hi Gary,
We met a long time ago. I am a friend of your Mom's and I am Shannon Welch Reeves' Mom and Jared Reeves' mom-in-law. I was terribly sad to hear this latest news. I'm not done praying and holding good thoughts for your Dad and now...well, you are on the list! It sounds encouraging. You are a Sheehan...ergo...you are strong and will come through this with flying colors. Kristina sounds incredible. Together you will fight and win. Hang in there. Give your mom a hug from me.
Fondly,
Caron Welch
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