Waiting on test results

Busy day at the BMT clinic today, I arrived right on time but had to wait for vitals and a blood draw. It was a serious blood letting as Elaine filled 15 tubes, which is much more than is usually collected even when they collect in order to determine the Myeloma markers that Dr. Tricot follows. There was another wait at the Radiology lab for my PET scan so I couldn't go to have my first meal since dinner last night until 12:35. I have been asked what PET stands for and couldn't remember so had to go back to the information given to me back in July. It stands for Positron Emission Tomography and uses a short half-lived radioactive glucose (which is used by all the organs in the body) to detect concentrations of cancer cells, which use more energy than neighboring cells and appear hot to the detector.

I won't know any more until I meet with Dr. Tricot on March 22. Andrea, the PA who collected the bone marrow sample today, asked if we are planning any vacation trips this year and I told her we are waiting to learn whether Dr. Tricot is going to change my maintenance schedule. She didn't offer an opinion and none of the other nurses or supernumeraries offered opinions, but they all wanted to know how Emma is doing (some even rembered her name). She is still getting the blisters along the incision, but the blisters may be less frequent and smaller.