November 22, 2014.. I got the final of my tests done today by completion of the PET scan. We got up at 4:00am to make sure we were there by the 6:30am appointment time. Getting to the PET area was not as easy was I thought it would be. We parked in the same parking building where we normally park. This was not the location in the instructions but we didn't know where the parking was located mentioned in the instructions. After we parked and started in the building, we found all doors were locked and not operating. We could not get into the building and didn't know what to do next. We finally saw a woman walking up the street toward the building and I ask her about getting into the building and told her I had a PET scan scheduled. She said I needed to be there on time because they mix the injection and it is good for only a little while after it is mixed. She said she would let me in so I could go to the PET area. We were really grateful for that and finally got to the PET area after winding all through the building. When we got to the PET area, the man on the desk told us he was afraid I was too late to get the test because the injection probably had expired. By then, we were 15 minutes late. He called one of the people in the testing area and found out they had given my injection to another person that had arrived early and I could take his injection. Whew! That was a close call! I filled out a paper form and got the radioactive glucose injection by iv. I had to wait for an hour after that before they could do the scan. The room I was waiting alone in had steel doors about 5 inches thick. They were too heavy to open by hand and had to be opened electrically. I don't know why the doors were so heavy and thick. I assume it was due to the radioactive liquids they inject there. After the wait, I was taken to the scanner. The scan took 45 minutes. I asked if the results would be available for the doctor for my 10am appointment Monday and he said it should be. 
After we finished, we celebrated by going to Cracker Barrel and getting breakfast. I am glad the testing is over. Tomorrow we have the whole day off so we will enjoy not being on a schedule.