"ideally, everyone should have some sort of full-body scan every few years. maybe EVERY year. it would cost a bit, but I think it would save many lives and a lot of pain and tears..."

I agree with this. A simple PET scan (Takes about 1 1/2 hours. An hour of which is drinking the fluid and waiting an hour for it to get in your system.

A PET scan can see a cancerious tumor anywhere in a person's body.

I am going in next week to get my second PET scan. The first one showed no other tumors and I am hoping this one will do the same. None-the-less, I am a little nervious about it. There is always that "What if they find something and I got to do Chemo again?"