This time, another CT scan, which is pretty quick. This time, though, instead of drinking 2 barium "shakes" for breakfast, I had about a quart of Sprite mixed with contrast. I already had to use the bathroom, but my CT tech said, no, because she needed me to have a FULL BLADDER for the scan. And then she set another 16 oz of Sprite with contrast on my table.
I swear I must have peed for 10 full minutes after I got out of the CT scan.
At least I didn't pee IN the scanner.
Of course, then, I had to wait about 3 more hours to get my bone scan... Not because the scheduling was poor, but because the radiation I got a shot of takes about 4 hours to work through my system and into my bones, and I got the shot about an hour before my CT.
Lucky for me, though, I got a good hour-long nap on the bone scan table.
Even better -- I got word that both scans looked "great", when I heard from Mom & my aunt.
