Let the radioactive fun begin!
I was able to schedule my bone and CT scans this morning with considerable ease. In fact, things will happen much sooner than I thought they might. My CT scan is scheduled next Wednesday, 14 July, and my bone scan is scheduled Friday, 23 July.
I have to go for some pre-scan lab work tomorrow afternoon to ensure that my kidneys are working fine and won’t be damaged by one of the contrasts.
I haven’t given up on the Ga-68 PSMA PET scan. In fact, I wrote my health insurance company an email about 4:30 a.m. as I tossed and turned. (Last night was hell. If I slept more than 2 hours—non-consecutively—that was about it.) They tout having a response within 2 business days, so we’ll see if they come through with that.
UCLA is out of network for my insurance company, so I’d have to cough up 40% of the cost if they’re going to cover it at all. I’m okay with that. (For my overseas readers, welcome to U.S. health care systems!)
So that’s the latest and greatest. More to come, I’m sure.
Be well!
Dan's Journey through Prostate Cancer 
Good luck with all your tests mate.
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Thanks, Paul. Just take one test result at a time and go from there. That’s all any of us can do.
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Hope those tests give you good information and they insurance company behaves.
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Thanks, Andrew.
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Way to go Dan, I’m pulling for you! Let’s hope at the end of all this you get the scan you need and the results we all want, a happy, healthy Dan! I’ve been fortunate up to now with non detectable cancer- 4-1/2 years.
Peace,
Sean
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Thanks, Sean! I appreciate that and great that you’re at the 4.5 year point. Let’s hope your trend keeps going in the same way for at least double or triple that.
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