A PET scan for Christmas

Just a quick update here.

Feeling decent and hoping to hear about the disability claim soon...

I finally got insurance approval for my next PET scan which will take place on Dec 13th along with my follow-up appointment for my surgery from last month.

Then on the 16th I'll meet with Dr Lufkin (my oncologist) to discuss the scan results and see what progress he's had with lobbying the drug companies for medication support. If he hasn't had any luck and the scan results are showing the cancer mets didn't respond enough to the Yervoy (I kind of think they should have been called Yankees or at least named for a baseball team with more success but I suppose Yankastatic Cancer would sound weird), we'll discuss getting the generic Gleevec option out of Canada.

Since I haven't spoken to him about this option yet, I can only assume he'd support it?

Cross whatever body parts give the most luck for the coming scan y'all, this one could be a really important moment. But if it's not good news we'll keep on truckin' (you might need to have been around in the 70's to get that one...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_on_Truckin%27_(comics)