{"id":1412,"date":"2022-01-05T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2022-01-07T09:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:00:45","slug":"into-the-tube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2022\/01\/05\/into-the-tube\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Tube"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, Wednesday January 5, 2022 I had PET scan #9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"1282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2021\/06\/18\/full-meal-deal\/img_1025-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1624016273&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_1025-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_1025-1-scaled.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The PET scanner a HSC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The now familiar process went smoothly with the standard  interview, IV fluids and the &#8220;sugar&#8221; injection, aka <strong>radioactive glucose<\/strong>! When the nurse does this she is gowned, masked, gloved and behind a shield. They did all of this before COVID, now it&#8217;s almost &#8220;normal&#8221; for most procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 1 hour of letting that stuff circulate, it&#8217;s into the tube for a 20 minute snooze as the machine scans my body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Shirley called yesterday and asked if there was any way of getting the results sooner than our appointment next Monday, I received a reassuring call this afternoon from Kelly our oncology nurse with an update on the <strong>PET scan results<\/strong>. <strong><em>&#8220;Nothing to worry about&#8221;. <\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will still meet with the oncologist on Jan 10th for a full review of the PET scan and bloodwork results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This process certainly has been a test of my faith. I  believe I&#8217;m healed. I look at my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/02\/tattoo-day\/\">tattoo<\/a> and it reminds  me that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/31\/my-anchor-holds-within-the-veil-love-unrationed\/\">the anchor holds<\/a>&#8221; in the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I can certainly relate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark%209:23-25&amp;version=NLT\">Mark 9:24<\/a> and the need to take every thought captive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craiggroeschel.com\/books\/winning-the-war-in-your-mind\">win the war in my mind<\/a>. Thank you Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Wednesday January 5, 2022 I had PET scan #9. The now familiar process went smoothly with the standard interview, IV fluids and the &#8220;sugar&#8221; injection, aka radioactive glucose! When the nurse does this she is gowned, masked, gloved and behind a shield. They did all of this before COVID, now it&#8217;s almost &#8220;normal&#8221; for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2022\/01\/05\/into-the-tube\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Into the Tube&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,3],"tags":[47,21,26],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-health","tag-healed","tag-pet","tag-scan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1415,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}