Back in the early 2000s the Pet scan showed a hot area in my lung. I was rushed off for a thoracotomy, had a portion of my lung removed where there was a tumor, but it turned out to be a benign tumor that could have remained there and be followed with CT scans to see if it grew. It turned out to be Valley Fever spores that had lodged in my lung and my body recognized a foreign invader and build cells around it to isolate it. Valley Fever could be detected by a simple blood test which the doctors should have known to give me. It was a very difficult surgery and recuperation because I had residual pain where they cut me for years after.

I also had a metastasis of endometrial cancer. I had surgery and a lot of radiation. This also took quite some time to recuperate because the metastasis was on my outer colon and hip bone. About two years later with much after effects from the colon resection, I was given a Pet scan and was told the hot spot compared to the previous one when the metastasis was first discovered had grown much larger and it was very hot. They said my cancer must be back. That was in 2004. I'm still here and the cancer had not returned. I, however, just was treated for bladder cancer which was a result from the massive amount of radiation I got. After a year of chemo in my bladder monthly, I'm doing fine. The Pet scan is not the be all and end all of tests is my conclusion.