Today’s Hospital Visit #9
Heya!
Back from a fabulous time in London! This morning I was present at the hospital at 10:00 as it was scheduled that I was getting a PET-scan. Well off course it was half an hour until an intern called me to join her to the radiation-preparation chambers. A little bit frustrated by the delay I lay myself into bed and a ‘real’ nurse entered the room to hook me up to an IV line.
This woman succeeded in bursting two of my veins - hurts a lot - after which a doctor did her job and hooked me up just fine. As I didn’t drink water, I took another 15 minutes before I had taken enough fluids into my body and the FDG, a radioactive isotope, was connected to the IV line.
The scan itself was a bitch, since the IV was in my arm, which was laying, bended, for 40 minutes. It was only when I lost complete sense of my left arm, the scan was finished and I was released from the scanningroom. I had to wait for another 20 minutes to get cleared by a doctor.
With pain and frustration I left the hospital, quickly regaining my senses and my force, to mentally prepare for this Thursday.
With love,
DJ
