Back from the Scan

If I ever had to change professions, I think I would totally dig nuclear medicine!  It's much more fun than an MRI or CT...LOL...only people who constantly are in a hospital or have disease could find humor in that statement .  It was neat all the rotating films and machinery & the images on the computer screen too!  all whacky colors.

It took an hour to go from head to toe, and then she repeated 2 areas near my ribs.

What was weird was where I had the most pain...seemed to be most prominant on the screen.

Is that what we were posting about "white spots" on Lipiapita's thread?  I saw more illumination and brightness...but my knees and spine were really outstanding!

The tech also showed me what they look like in 3 other colors too.  It was really interesting.

Not sick from the dye at all....in a lot of pain and tired, but didn't sleep last nite.

I wonder if it is better that I had this scan done while in a bad RA flare?    Or should I have waited for when it settled down?

Also, what I saw on the screen in a close up looked like cobwebs?  what's that? or sorts like what lymphnodes look like .  The digital imagery is amazing.

Good or bad...medicine never ceases to amaze me.  So maybe by the end of next week I'll have my follow up rheummy appt and find out what's up.

I just hope this doesn't confuse things and complicate things more than they are already.

What I want to hear is..."hey, you've got crappy knees and joints...keep on your meds..."  What I don't want to hear is, "well, it's inconclusive lets investigate."

I hate "maybe's" and..."this looks interseting".

But I glowed like a glow worm...but then again anyone who lives around hear is probably already radioactive .

Glad you didn't get sick!

Yup, those were the white spots we were talking about...good luck, I hope this helps you w/getting the right treatment AND with your case!

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what happens if it settles in to the soft tissue?

Hmmm, well, I hope I flushed that dye out back then!

I'm not too bad today.

We watched the home football game Chargers vs. Philly. Philly wone the last bit of the game with a field goal beating us by 2 points. San Diego is bummed.

My son is doing better, but adjusting still. He is playing on the emotions of everyone now and we've caught on....so, we'll see how it goes. He's been through a lot with the teacher change, but now that a permanent replacement is in, he needs to shape up because now it's a ploy for individual attention from everyone.

We did not have yesterday off - they grouped the holidays in our district so we have less vaction breaks, but the ones we have are bigger and longer. The whole week of Thanksgiving. A week off in Feb and April. We start early (aug) and end late (end of June), though, and once they are in full day classes they will have one half day a week (some adminstration day thru the teachers union contract.)

That's too funny about your neice's teachers!