Halftime?

During my last treatment cycle, Dr. Weeks told me that he wanted me to have another PET Scan to see how we're doing. Well, that is a very expensive procedure, and must be run through my insurance company before they actually do the process. So, Dr. Weeks submits the paperwork requesting the test to the company, and once it is approved, the hospital calls me to set up this test. Well, on Wednesday they called me to try and set up the test for Tuesday August 5. Well, That is supposed to be the second day of my next treatment, so I instead scheduled it for Tuesday August 12. No problem, right?

Today I saw Dr. Weeks again (I have an appointment with him every time between cycles), and I told him about all this. He decided he wanted to have the PET Scan done BEFORE my next cycle, not after. So I called the hospital back to try and move the appointment back to the 5th. Well, they had no slots left for me on the 5th, or on the 7th. (They only do this test on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) I pleaded and begged and told them I HAD to have this test next week. The girl on the phone I talked to said she would see what she could do and would call me back. Well, she called me back like twenty minutes later, and was able to squeeze me in on the 7th.

So what this effectively does is give me an extra week off before my next treatment starts. Almost like a "halftime". I will have the PET Scan on Thursday August 7, then check into the hospital to start the next cycle on Monday August 11.