NEWLY DIAGNOSED
Hi all
What a shock when I got called back after a routine mammogram, I had to go to Nambour where they did an ultrasound & 2 core biopsies, they told me I would have a good idea before going home ...
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Hi Eileen
The scans were time consuming because they need to give you stuff beforehand but fine. For the CT scan they had me drink about a litre of fluid an hour before the scan. No big deal. For the other I had an injection which I didn't even feel. For the bone scan they put you on a table then they position a plate close to the different parts of your body and you breathe normally. Both were pretty straight forward and took about half an hour if I am remembering correctly. I found it was good for me to know the results of these before I had surgery as we then knew what we are dealing with right up front. My tumour was 1.9mm and scans showed that because of the size it hadn't spread to anywhere else in the body which was a relief. Funnily enough the scans also highlighted all the arthritis I had in my body! Now I know what I had such sore elbows! Good luck with it all. All the best.
Nadine