CT Scan Today

Boy that was fun!! Not really. Unfortunately, it was one where I had to have the contrast. At first the nurse said that I was going to have to get the IV and the drink the liquid. Then she said that I might have to drink two things of the liquid. Ugh. I had a difficult time with glucose test when I was pregnant. For some reason, I just cannot drink that much liquid in such a short period of time. It just makes me gag to drink that much...let alone some nasty yuck liquid. So needless to say I was not looking forward to this at all. We get back to the room and I see the needle and just lose it. I did not come to the appointment with the idea in my head that needles would be involved, so I was not "prepared" for it. It worked out fine because I guess I cried and got it out before the nurse came in. She came and said that she was wrong and I would NOT have to drink that yucky liquid (Hooray!!!). But I still had to have the IV (Boo!). I hope you are getting the sound effects along with the narration...it just makes it so much better!

So I didn't cry when she put the IV in. Wow. I am getting better with the getting blood drawn, so I maybe I am getting better over-all? No probably not. The nurse said she was really happy that I didn't cry, because it would have made her feel bad. At least I didn't make her feel bad right? :-)

I went into the CT room and the gentleman there was really nice. He put me on the bed and told me what would happen. He hooked up the contrast to the IV. It was interesting because the "cord" was coiled like telephone cord...for those of us who remember that phones used to have cords. He told me that he was going to hook it around my fingers, to which I replied, "So it won't pull out right?" He said that not many people get that. To me it just seemed to be common sense, but I guess many people wouldn't see it that way. I don't know about anyone else, but I would rather not have iodine all over me because the IV pulled out. They had this cool gadget that could tell if the IV was working properly that taped to my arm. If the drip didn't do right, it would turn off the machine. It sort of looked like one of the store alarm inserts with the metal coils. It was pretty interesting to me anyway. He warned me that iodine would feel warm as it went up my arm and all over the place. It was especially weird feeling in my neck and throat. I asked him if anyone ever passed out before from it, because I felt like I might. He said no and that it should pass in a minute. Once it did pass, they took the pictures and I was done. Sum total it only took about 15 minutes to do it all. I got a really bright green bandage for my arm. It was either that or bright red.

I felt weird the rest of the day. Especially in my neck. My throat doesn't feel too hot either and he told me to drink plenty of water over the next few days to flush out the iodine from my system. I asked him if I would be radioactive for the rest of the day and he laughed and said no. Then I asked if I was going to pee orange or something and he said no. Man was I disappointed. I thought that would be really cool. Oh well. I hope to know something in the next few days. Meanwhile I am still having the headaches and the low-grade fever. C'est la vie.

I got to have lunch with my cousin today! It was really cool. She has lived here for a few years, but due to a misunderstanding of proximity we never got together. It is wonderful that something great came out of my granny's funeral because now we know we are not that far apart and perhaps can spend some time together. Annie is my second cousin. Her dad is my granny's brother. So technically she is my dad's cousin which makes me her second cousin...or something like that. Anyway, I got to eat a cool little place in Chamblee and meet her fabulous beau. He was really cool and he and Randy seemed to have some stuff in common. I really hope we hang out some as the year progresses. I am really am a family person.