Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
MY CT SCAN
Thank you all so much for your good luck wishes in the Average 7-day Thread (Post number 26075+)
Waiting room: Given plastic cup & jug of cold water & told I ad 40mins to drink it! The toilet's over there by the way! 🙄
Now in the Scan room. Its freezing cold in here
Boy, that iodine contrast stuff that's injected into the vein via Canula (3 tries!) is weird stuff! I could feel it flowing through every blood vessel in my body from me bonce to me tooties ~ and even, Erm, the nether region too! Oooo!🙄🙂 Nursies weren't concerned about injecting it once ...but again 10 mins later😱 For those who av never ad a similar CT Scan, a rather warmish but comfortable feeling overcomes the body 🙄 as the iodine travels through the veins. Then I iz whizzed into the scanner ..suddenly a man's automated voice abruptly commands me to "Hold your breath" (I'm holding it, blimey when can I breathe out please, me lungs are going to burst & me face is turning blue!) Then man says "Breathe out" phew! I'm thinkin' the scan is over, that didn't take long, I can go ome now - but hey ho...no, wait wait.....Not.......In for another ride, here we go, "Hold your breath," etc then I iz hauled out again Canula removed from leftie arm - wadding plonked on to stop the bleed - lots bleed - then for goodness sakes, tape stuck on top of wadding to which I'm allergic. Within a few minutes the skin underneath said tape shows sore red signs of allergy already😱 Nursie ripped off tape arrrrggggghhh! 😱 and replaced it with microporous tape🙂 That's better. Shown back into the now sardines waiting room til one feels back to normal! 3 visits to de loo later, I was on me way & awaiting taxi to take me ome! The sun is shining brightly but Ize didn't bring me eye shades!🙄 Numpty!
UPDATE
Well my CT Scan went well on Tuesday & when I saw the Specialist on Thursday he gave me the good news that it was clear & nothing untoward had showed up.
Then the Specialist took a looksy in my bladder via a flexible tube with camera (Cystoscopy) ugh! 😱 As I watched the whole procedure on a monitor I saw something familiar on the wall of my bladder. OMG. I think the Specialist was equally as shocked as I heard him draw in a deep breath. He had only moments ago mentioned that my CT Scan was clear.
I instantly recognised what it was because something similar had occurred in 2006. Oh no, TIMBY (Tumour In My Bladder.Yikes!) has returned and I think its only natural that the first word that springs to mind is - Cancer😱
I'm feeling pretty upset right now but trying to hold it together. No point in dwelling on it & the sooner Timby is removed the better. Now I await a date to be admitted into hospital for surgery which will be within the next two weeks.
I have neglected my diabetes for about 2 weeks but my bgls are pretty stable atm, thank goodness. My mind has been consumed with another health issue that's been hanging around for just over 12 months - and its because of this that these investigations came about.
I can only say thank goodness for this forum for it has given me a chance to think of other things & give me a little peace from my ongoing health issues.
Thank you all so much for your good luck wishes in the Average 7-day Thread (Post number 26075+)
Waiting room: Given plastic cup & jug of cold water & told I ad 40mins to drink it! The toilet's over there by the way! 🙄
Now in the Scan room. Its freezing cold in here
Boy, that iodine contrast stuff that's injected into the vein via Canula (3 tries!) is weird stuff! I could feel it flowing through every blood vessel in my body from me bonce to me tooties ~ and even, Erm, the nether region too! Oooo!🙄🙂 Nursies weren't concerned about injecting it once ...but again 10 mins later😱 For those who av never ad a similar CT Scan, a rather warmish but comfortable feeling overcomes the body 🙄 as the iodine travels through the veins. Then I iz whizzed into the scanner ..suddenly a man's automated voice abruptly commands me to "Hold your breath" (I'm holding it, blimey when can I breathe out please, me lungs are going to burst & me face is turning blue!) Then man says "Breathe out" phew! I'm thinkin' the scan is over, that didn't take long, I can go ome now - but hey ho...no, wait wait.....Not.......In for another ride, here we go, "Hold your breath," etc then I iz hauled out again Canula removed from leftie arm - wadding plonked on to stop the bleed - lots bleed - then for goodness sakes, tape stuck on top of wadding to which I'm allergic. Within a few minutes the skin underneath said tape shows sore red signs of allergy already😱 Nursie ripped off tape arrrrggggghhh! 😱 and replaced it with microporous tape🙂 That's better. Shown back into the now sardines waiting room til one feels back to normal! 3 visits to de loo later, I was on me way & awaiting taxi to take me ome! The sun is shining brightly but Ize didn't bring me eye shades!🙄 Numpty!UPDATE
Well my CT Scan went well on Tuesday & when I saw the Specialist on Thursday he gave me the good news that it was clear & nothing untoward had showed up.
Then the Specialist took a looksy in my bladder via a flexible tube with camera (Cystoscopy) ugh! 😱 As I watched the whole procedure on a monitor I saw something familiar on the wall of my bladder. OMG. I think the Specialist was equally as shocked as I heard him draw in a deep breath. He had only moments ago mentioned that my CT Scan was clear.
I instantly recognised what it was because something similar had occurred in 2006. Oh no, TIMBY (Tumour In My Bladder.Yikes!) has returned and I think its only natural that the first word that springs to mind is - Cancer😱
I'm feeling pretty upset right now but trying to hold it together. No point in dwelling on it & the sooner Timby is removed the better. Now I await a date to be admitted into hospital for surgery which will be within the next two weeks.
I have neglected my diabetes for about 2 weeks but my bgls are pretty stable atm, thank goodness. My mind has been consumed with another health issue that's been hanging around for just over 12 months - and its because of this that these investigations came about.
I can only say thank goodness for this forum for it has given me a chance to think of other things & give me a little peace from my ongoing health issues.
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