To Scan or not to Scan... that is the question

It's becoming increasingly insame when reading the web, listening to doctors or doing any kind of research on cancer.  Some say, get radiation, others say, don't it will just make things worse... mom didn't do chemo or radiation when she got breast cancer. We decided to go the natuopathic way... and for the most part, it seemed to be the right thing to do.  It certainly was less stressful than the other way.  Which, for mom, was a good thing. Her body and mind could take no more stress!

Now, it's bone cancer, and we opted for radiation of the evil masses.  But the questions of to do, or not to do rears its ugly head once again.  After going through radiation for her bones the question is, should you do another PET scan to see how much the cancer worked, or should you have blind faith. Since, it doesn't matter, if they didni't get it all, there is nothing they can do anyway.  And some say that the PET scan could cause more cancer (who knows if ti's the same kind or not) to show up.  Does one blindly just believe that 'They got it all' or do they opt for the 'the tumors shrunk X%'??  It is times like this that the blindly faithful have a leg up!  Just trust and move forward... because, being skeptical and ruining the rest of the days doesn't seem to be a great place whether you have one day or 60 years!

Friday mom goes back to the Radiation Doctor and these questions will come up.  Should she have the pet scan or should she just go with the flow.  And if she gets the scan, what will it tell her?  The tumors have shrunk? They haven't shrunk? They've grown? Do they tell you the truth?  It's like exploring new software without a users manual... you have no clue what it does or doesn't do, but the surprises when it crashes aren't that fun!

Stay tuned to see how the appointment comes out.  I can tell you that mom has agreed to see an accupuncturist to see if we can get rid of the pain.  She's freaked out about the needles, but as some of you may know.. those tiny little needles are nothing compaired to the pain she is going through.