Topic: Got a PET Scan coming up!

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Glad things aren't getting worse! I was praying for you. I've read this but have been busy and didn't post to it yet.

[Ken (OP)]

Had a CT Scan last Thursday and now off to see my Oncologist this morning to get my results! 

Hoping for a good report, been kind of sickly for the past couple of weeks tho.

[Skhilled]

Prayers are on the way, bro!

[Ken (OP)]

Thanks Steve.

The news is good. 😎
Basically everything remains the same as before with the cancer nodules staying the same size and with no new nodules appearing. The next scan will be in six months so my Doctor is confident that we(me) are doing good on this treatment.

[Skhilled]

That's good to hear!

[Ken (OP)]

Got two scans coming up on Monday, 9th:

GWSM US ANKLE BRACHIAL INDICES EXTREMITY LIMITED
This scan is to check the blood flow in my legs and feet to see if the flow is so low that it is impacting my leg and feet pain.

GWSM CT CHEST ABDOMEN PELVIS W CONTRAST
This scan is to check the status of my cancer and of course, the hope is for no new nodules and no growth in the existing cancer nodules.
Please send me your prayers for this scan.

And then there's the Oxy!
oxyCODONE-acetaminophen 10-325 mg per tablet
Commonly known as: PERCOCET, ENDOCET

Oxycodone is a very worrisome medication.
The Lyrica that I take for my leg and foot pain works great, but because my dosage is maxed out on the Lyrica something is needed as a supplement, so that's where the Oxy comes in. For some years now the dosage level has been 5mg tabs taken up to two times a day as needed but sadly, of late, that is just not getting the job done, so my Dr. bumped me up to 10mg tabs up to two times a day. I've never checked to see what the upper limit is for this med because, for all of these years I've not used very much of the meds, my last refill for a 30 day supply actually lasted me seven months and the refill before that lasted me a year. I would take 1-2 tabs a week at most with a rare week a few times a year when I would take up to three tabs in one week.

But now, for the past two months, my condition seems to be getting worse with my two tab days getting to be more and more often and for the past three weeks I've been taking at least one tab almost every day! So, on Thursday Dr. Vanessa bumped me up to the 10mg tabs... hopefully this will return some balance to my routine.

 

[Skhilled]

Oxycodone always worries me. There's a lot going on with that drug lately and that's what almost killed my grandfather and led him to go stay with my sister.

As far as your legs go, I wonder if you have what Les had...vericose veins

[Ken (OP)]

Oxycodone always worries me. There's a lot going on with that drug lately and that's what almost killed my grandfather and led him to go stay with my sister.

As far as your legs go, I wonder if you have what Les had...vericose veins

I do have some damaged veins, so that is definitely one possibility.

[Ken (OP)]

Sorry for not updating in a timely fashion, but my daily condition is a bit sucky just now.

The scans were good, my leg blood flow is fine and the cancer status remains the same and that's a good thing. As for my daily condition, I'm having constant very heavy fatigue that causes me to hit the bed several times a day, but at the same time only I sleep for two-four hours at a time. We've just made a medication change that will hopefully offer up some relief, the trouble is though, the medication that I'm coming off of stays in your system for 5-10 days.

[Skhilled]

Yeah, I figured it was something like that. It usually is when you're not around much. Get well soon!

[Ken (OP)]

Scans... Scans... And more scans! 
... I've reopened this older topic because the subject matter is the same.

Had a new CT scan this past week and it shows that one of the nodules in my lung has doubled in size over the past six months!

Up until now the cancer nodules in my lungs have been considered to be kidney cancer because that's where this all started, but now we are thinking of it as possibly being lung cancer and that means RADIATION!!!   
So, my oncologist set me up to see Dr Oh, a Radiation Oncologist, to talk about how radiation therapy would work. Now we wait for six weeks and then take another scan so see if it's still growing and if it is then I'll likely start getting zapped!
Oh, and Dr Heather increased my daily dose of my chemo drug from 400mg to 600mg, bringing with it all that joy. 

[Skhilled]

Oh boy, here we go again...

[Ken (OP)]

Anybody got any wigs for loan or sale??? 

[Skhilled]

I figured at your age the hair part shouldn't matter. But I'll keep an eye out for sales.

[Ken (OP)]

I figured at your age the hair part shouldn't matter. But I'll keep an eye out for sales.