Hmm. I had my monthly Swedish massage this afternoon. YEAH! Love it!!! When I was leaving, the kind hostess/cashier told me that she has lost/is losing two sisters to cancer in the last month. One was 57, the one still living is 55 and has little time to live. Both received treatment at the same place I have been. This sister named Lori was not pleased that Dr. Ali (my doc) failed to do a PET scan when her (still living) sister was finished with treatment. Her sister had a falling out with Dr. Ali, then switched to Dr. Smith, his buddy in the Cancer Center, and after much insisting from the family, got a PET scan which revealed cancer everywhere. That is the first story I have heard that has not been positive about my doctor/the Cancer Center. Seems Dr. Ali does not do the Pet Scan as part of his routine. So now, I have to think about asking for this PET scan when I am finished with radiation in a few days and I am through except occasional bloodwork. Do I INSIST on a PET Scan? I have pain every single day by about noon, and I struggle with it, but I do all my little tricks to try to cope with it before using the pain meds. The thing is....I wake up in the morning not having this intense pain in my first waking hours. It only comes on after activity and being up and going for a few hours. Well the last thing this sister told me is very wise: Go make your life better. Check. I am a lucky girl.
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