Still a NEWBIE

Romey

I got through my MRI figuring that it would not turn up anything. Again I had the rug pulled out from under me! They discovered a small mass 6mm next to my sternum and an abnormal lymph node up in my clavicle. I went to the Onc. yesterday and he reassured me he thought they were totally benign and he would be surprised if it was anything. So they scheduled me for a PET scan on Tues. that would give us a difinitive answer if there is cancer lurking somewhere else. Of course I LOVED hearing he thought it was benign, and was able to get through my day thinking "I'm going to be Ok". Then I went to bed last night....all of a sudden I'm awake at 12:30 playing the "What IF" game in my head. Every little ache or pain has become a diagnosis of cancer somewhere in my body. I was so tempted to started looking up cancer symptoms online today but I don't want to scare myself even more. Tues seems so far away now and the results that will give me piece of mind seems further still! How does one keep their sanity worrying you might have a terminal dx coming your way? Now about this PET scan, I read that you wait 30-90 minutes for the contrast to go everywhere in your system, and then the imaging takes 30-60 minutes, What is some of your experiences with this? What do you do while your waiting for the contrast to do its job?? Just lay there with your mind wandering?? I did get a sedative for the MRI, do they offer one for the PET also? Thanks in advance, I warned you in my topic I'm still a "newbie"