Last Chemo

Well, the 6 chemo series is over. So the PET scan is next. In the event you don't know anything about it, here's the description of what happened to me.

PET stands for positron emission tomography.
No exercise for 24 hours in advance, only heavy protein meat and a veg after 3 PM. Hydrate in the morning, no food.
After going through all the insurance rigmarole, a young woman took me too a small room with a barco lounger. She pricked my finger to test blood sugar, then asked me questions about why I was there. She then explained what would happen. She found a vein and injected me with a radiotracer. Exactly: F18 (that is radiation level) Fludeoxyglycose or FDG.
She then left me in the room (turned off lights) for 1 hour. No reading, no moving, no phone. This radioactive dye detects activity inside the body at cellular level. Appearance of organs and tissue, and how they are functioning.
After an hour, she took me to loo, told me to remove bra if it had wire, but all other clothes left on.
The machine looks like an MRI, but is only used for this. Because of my bad shoulder, I knew I couldn’t lie there without moving for 30 minuteswith my arms over my head, so she had an elastic band and she strapped my arms to my sides. It was comfortable.
The machine takes you out and in for the next 30 minutes. From eyes down, but I doubt the legs, didn’t look.
When I left, all she said was “I hope I don’t see you again”.

My appointment with the gyn/oncologist was yesterday. Unfortunately, the scan found three tiny little things that were partially calcified, but still were bad. that plus the fact that my CA 125 blood marker did not get below 40. It needs to be in the mid 30's. And so, in two weeks, I have to start a series of 3 chemos, same stuff as last time, Taxol and Carboplatin. I'm not happy about this, but the doctor seems to think these last three will take care of things and he will then put me on a pill for maintanence.

I won't write another of these updates unless something unusual happens, or at the end of the chemo when I assume there will be another PET scan.
Not a happy girl right now, but reconsiled.