Treatment nearly finished - what next?

Hi David. I had my pet ct scan 17  week s after treatment finished my oncologist didn’t do them any earlier as sometimes false positives occur. Where radiation hot spots still remain. Sone trusts do pet ct some do mri  then pet ct scsn if needed . Ask your oncologist is best advise. Don’t stress about remain g lymph nodes the treatment is brutal and all takes tone  to settle down. I had my uvula melted by radiotherapy I didn’t know for months as I couldn’t or woukdnt look inside my mouth. It was a shock when my dangly but at back if throat was no longer there. 
well done on approaching the end time tk hunker down for a few weeks rest and recuperate. Our type  of cancers respond extremely well to treatment remember that. 
this  us s good read. Hazel x

https://www.workingwithcancer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/After-the-treatment-finishes-then-what.pdf

Hi David. Don’t worry about the node. It takes a while to disappear

The standard check is either an MRI or PET/CT at 12/16 weeks. 
I had an MRI at 12 and a PET at 16. It’s usual to have just the one. I had an MRI at 12 weeks for other reasons. 

My husband is nearly 9 weeks post treatment and hasn’t received an appointment yet for a PET scan. His oncologist said they’d rather leave it to 16 weeks as 12 often still show hotspots. His lymph’s were still visible a aweek after treatment again oncologist wasn’t concerned at all when she examined him for discharge . Bit of a waiting game.

During treatment the care and support my husband received was 5* after discharge he’s been left a little in limbo.

Think positive, just look at all the success stories that there are here just in this forum alone.

best of luck for the next few weeks. 

I had what they called a ‘baseline’ MRI scan at 16 weeks. That was nearly 2 years ago and since then I’ve just had two monthly face to face meetings, including a nasendoscopy, and telephone meetings with my team. I’m now on three monthly meetings, alternating face to face and telephone consultations.