Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Joshua J. Marine
I have always tried to take the challenges that come my way, a new experience. Last month I was really challenged with pain in both my arms. A visit to my oncologist and the check up that followed told me that I need another PET scan. A new lump in my right armpit. A mammogram taken had also shown a new lump in my left breast and enlarged lymph nodes. So I was advised by my doctor to repeat a scan of my chest area.
May be it is a knock on the head to remind you to be alert always. An appointment was booked and I landed up at the scan center on an empty stomach. The usual procedure of a IV set and their Uniform and then straight into the scan room for the first scan. What made it different from my previous PET Scan, was that I didn't have to drink seven beer mugs of the medicated water. I was given an IV injection first. Then another radioactive element was injected into my veins. Then it was a long wait of almost 4 hours. Since I had a cozy sofa, I had a good sleep.
My turn for the scan came, I was made to lie down and was instructed about not moving my hand. My head was strapped, so that I don't move it. Then came the dye injection, a very painful one, which burns all over your body for a few seconds and then makes it cool. It was a new experience every time and I learned something new. Or may be it was my way of taking it.
The next day went with the result to my oncologist. His serious face when he saw it, did make me think for a second, but I was prepared to face anything. Doctor told me he wanted to check me. He had suspected something in my right side, but the left side seemed to be a question mark. He told me it was not significant. So I told him I am being left with a sword dangling over my head.
He said not to worry about the pain and also that I had to live with it. But he still insisted that a painful lump was not cancerous, whereas my experience told me otherwise. The scan result told that a follow up was necessary. So I was left with a question mark.
Accept challenges, so that You may feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. Patton.
Joshua J. Marine
I have always tried to take the challenges that come my way, a new experience. Last month I was really challenged with pain in both my arms. A visit to my oncologist and the check up that followed told me that I need another PET scan. A new lump in my right armpit. A mammogram taken had also shown a new lump in my left breast and enlarged lymph nodes. So I was advised by my doctor to repeat a scan of my chest area.
May be it is a knock on the head to remind you to be alert always. An appointment was booked and I landed up at the scan center on an empty stomach. The usual procedure of a IV set and their Uniform and then straight into the scan room for the first scan. What made it different from my previous PET Scan, was that I didn't have to drink seven beer mugs of the medicated water. I was given an IV injection first. Then another radioactive element was injected into my veins. Then it was a long wait of almost 4 hours. Since I had a cozy sofa, I had a good sleep.
My turn for the scan came, I was made to lie down and was instructed about not moving my hand. My head was strapped, so that I don't move it. Then came the dye injection, a very painful one, which burns all over your body for a few seconds and then makes it cool. It was a new experience every time and I learned something new. Or may be it was my way of taking it.
The next day went with the result to my oncologist. His serious face when he saw it, did make me think for a second, but I was prepared to face anything. Doctor told me he wanted to check me. He had suspected something in my right side, but the left side seemed to be a question mark. He told me it was not significant. So I told him I am being left with a sword dangling over my head.
He said not to worry about the pain and also that I had to live with it. But he still insisted that a painful lump was not cancerous, whereas my experience told me otherwise. The scan result told that a follow up was necessary. So I was left with a question mark.
Accept challenges, so that You may feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. Patton.
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