The broken arm saga continues.
Today it was time for a CT scan to give more detail than the x-ray.
As always, everyone at the hospital was lovely but there was lots of waiting around.
When I finally got to the scanner, I had to have the discussion to check I could put my arm in whilst wearing an insulin pump on my abdomen. The downside of a patch pump is that I could not unclip it for 5 minutes, just in case.
After some discussions we decided I needed to remove it to be safe as it might be affected by the radiation. They then went as far as removing my bag with all my pump supplies in it from the room.
I have got used to wearing a lead apron to protect my pump every time they have x-rayed my arm (5 times and counting). Hopefully, I won't need another CT scan but at least I know not to do a pump set change if I have a scan coming up that day.
Luckily, I had a spare pump patch in my bag as there is always the small risk I could end up stating overnight when I visit the hospital.
Today it was time for a CT scan to give more detail than the x-ray.
As always, everyone at the hospital was lovely but there was lots of waiting around.
When I finally got to the scanner, I had to have the discussion to check I could put my arm in whilst wearing an insulin pump on my abdomen. The downside of a patch pump is that I could not unclip it for 5 minutes, just in case.
After some discussions we decided I needed to remove it to be safe as it might be affected by the radiation. They then went as far as removing my bag with all my pump supplies in it from the room.
I have got used to wearing a lead apron to protect my pump every time they have x-rayed my arm (5 times and counting). Hopefully, I won't need another CT scan but at least I know not to do a pump set change if I have a scan coming up that day.
Luckily, I had a spare pump patch in my bag as there is always the small risk I could end up stating overnight when I visit the hospital.
