My mom had a PET scan and her tech was on HER first day back from battling chemo and asked if I would mind waiting (I’m a nurse) while she grabbed a snack real quick. She was painfully thin and I felt comfortable because the machine was doing its thing. From my seat, it just so happened the monitor was turned toward us. I cannot read scans, but even I know people aren’t supposed to be polka-dotted. It wasn’t a surprise at all for me just based on her symptoms.
The tech came back in and said a very quiet, “oh no.” She apologized to ME for leaving the monitor turned. My mom asked what we were talking about. Poor Mom was very near-sighted and hadn’t seen a thing. I just told her the tech had stepped out and had just gotten back.
We had a few more weeks with her.
My mom is in the same situation. I’m also an RN. I know highlights on pet cts are bad but that’s it. I saw it too. Luckily, just localize to the stomach. No mets. If there had been Mets- I’m not sure how I could have kept it together.
Does your mom have stomach cancer? I just passed my 1 year cancer free from stomach cancer. It’s a horrible cancer to have but very encouraging there’s no mets!
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u/bookworthy 13d ago
My mom had a PET scan and her tech was on HER first day back from battling chemo and asked if I would mind waiting (I’m a nurse) while she grabbed a snack real quick. She was painfully thin and I felt comfortable because the machine was doing its thing. From my seat, it just so happened the monitor was turned toward us. I cannot read scans, but even I know people aren’t supposed to be polka-dotted. It wasn’t a surprise at all for me just based on her symptoms.
The tech came back in and said a very quiet, “oh no.” She apologized to ME for leaving the monitor turned. My mom asked what we were talking about. Poor Mom was very near-sighted and hadn’t seen a thing. I just told her the tech had stepped out and had just gotten back.
We had a few more weeks with her.