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on 12/27/00 7:26 AM, GORDON5304@aol.com at GORDON5304@aol.com wrote:
> My wife has decided not to have chemotherapy after her lobectomy. The reason
> being the small improvement expected (at best), her prior medical condition
> and her age.
> Our next appointment with the surgeon is in May six monthes after her
> surgery. At the moment only an x-ray is scheduled.
> I am wondering what if anything should be done in the interim. For example
> would a full body CAT scan be useful in identifying any metastis that has
> taken place? Or, would a Positron Emission Topography be wise?
> In part the question relates to the technology and in part to the question
> ofmwhat do you do if it reveals the cancer has spread? And, I guess that
> depends on where it has spread to.
> Any advise would be helpful on how to proceed, as we wait!
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demand the pet scan. they are the only thing that showed my colon cancer.
get a case manager at your ins. co. the powers that be in washington have
now approved pet scans for all types of cancer. I fought with my ins. co. 2
yeaar ago and won. now they pay without question./ good luck deb. g.
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