Monday, October 16, 2017

Medical: Good image from PET/CT (despite bike ride)

The PET/CT technician confirmed that my images were good.  We (he and I both) had been a little bit worried that I'd biked too much. So much so that he (1) called a doctor and got "pre clearance" to believe that I would not be so glycogen depleted that my muscles would draw in the FDG intended for the cancer, and (2) we confirmed that the pictures were good before I left.
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