Good evening,
I finished my Chemoradiation on 03/07 and after a bumpy journey. My MDT have arranged for CT neck abdomen and pelvis 6 monthly with contrast and MRI neck 3 monthly with contrast.
I'm needle phobic and claustrophobic as I'm sure a lot of people are so I do have diazepam for the MRIs.
My questions are;
Has anyone had follow up scans without the contrast and if so are there any implications?
Does anyone have any tips on how to deal with the scanxiety? I'm going to the new forest in between both scans this week/ next week and I'd love to switch off.
My surgeon gave me a thorough once over and has written to me to say he couldn't see any signs of recurrence which I remind myself but I suppose as it's my first ones I'm finding it a bit difficult.
It gets a bit easier each time does it?
Thank you all again
Kellie x
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