The scan...
By Stacey
@xstitcher (30302)
Petaluma, California
August 14, 2018 9:00pm CST
The scan I had today wasn't quite what I expected : mainly because I thought from the papers I had to fill out that I was going to have to get an IV bag of contrast dye dripped into me (which, when I was a kid, always made me feel like I was going to throw up).
Instead, the technician (who was really nice) injected me with a little bit of "nuclear material" and I went in to do the scan. That consisted of my lying down and taking it easy for about 45 minutes--which I certainly didn't mind. I wished I could have fallen asleep, due to my lack of sleep last night, but it didn't work out.
After it was over, the tech told me to drink a lot of fluids today to wash the nuclear stuff out of me. I've been trying to do that. He also said they should have the results to my regular doctor by tomorrow sometime. So, I'll see what happens.
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Hehe. Maybe not. I'm just wondering about this 'nuclear' thing. Did they tell you more about what it is?@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
21 Aug 18
Well, no one has complained of getting sick around me and I haven't developed any super powers or anything (kind of a bummer about that last one...)
From what I understood, the "nuclear" part was the stuff they injected into me to help see what they wanted to see.
@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
21 Aug 18
Yeah, I sure wish that I could have, too ! Otherwise it was kind of pleasant.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
15 Aug 18
It sounds like a tough experience. I hope all is well now.
@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
21 Aug 18
It really wasn't that bad. It's not quite over--I recently talked to the last ER doctor I saw, and she said to (or maybe it was in the latest stack of papers they gave me) that I need to talk to my regular doctor about referring me to have my gall bladder removed.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
15 Aug 18
Crossing my fingers for you that the results are clear! I would have been a nervous wreck.
@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
15 Aug 18
Lord willing, they will be. I've had so many different scans done on me throughout my life (CT and MRI) that for me it was kind of "here we go again".
@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Aug 18
Hope everything comes back good. And that you sleep better tonight.
@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
15 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns Thank you, April. I hope so too, on both counts.
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