{"id":154,"date":"2020-10-14T21:15:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2021-02-04T22:33:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T22:33:54","slug":"scanxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/scanxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure scanxiety."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>8th August 2020, St Anthony&#8217;s Hospital, Surrey, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-good-news\">More good news<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite there being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/cancer-free-maybe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no evidence of disease<\/a> now, or in remission as it\u2019s sometimes known&#8230;&nbsp; I\u2019m in \u201chigh risk surveillance\u201d, so I get <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-information\/scans\/\" target=\"_blank\">chest, abdomen and pelvis CT scans<\/a> every 3 months for 3 years.  Then scans twice a year for two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve just had the latest results back from a scan a couple of weeks ago and there\u2019s no disease! But I have a lymphocele in my pelvis somewhere from the sloppy robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-does-everything-take-so-long\">Why does everything take so long?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>I understand there\u2019s a global pandemic on, but it takes ages to get scan results back.  As far as I&#8217;m concerned, far longer than it ever should. &nbsp;I think there&#8217;s a real opportunity for technology to make things better here, and specifically &#8211; AI.  If there&#8217;s no new growth, the machine could just tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really appreciate the world leading team, the academics and supporters taking good care of my penis!  They all probably need to see it and have an opinion, but can&#8217;t that happen later?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to talk about my cock as much as the next man. &nbsp;But a simple text reassuring me I don&#8217;t have a new tennis ball sized tumour would really help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t be the only one that would benefit from something a little more&#8230; instant?  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-information\/stress-rest-and-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Just so I can sleep<\/a> really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8th August 2020, St Anthony&#8217;s Hospital, Surrey, England. More good news Despite there being no evidence of disease now, or in remission as it\u2019s sometimes known&#8230;&nbsp; I\u2019m in \u201chigh risk surveillance\u201d, so I get chest, abdomen and pelvis CT scans every 3 months for 3 years. Then scans twice a year for two years. 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