The Scanning Round 1

Well. It’s been a very long day. I got to Swedish right at 8:15am, got checked in. Got my arm band. Then headed up to nuclear medicine.

Waiting room was just full. So I stood against the wall away from everyone. Shortly after I was called back. After a few verifications, I had my port accessed, then A LOT of blood was drawn. That was it.

Had to come back at 11am, to have the 111-Indium Tagged WBC placed back into me. Unfortunately the lab was behind, and I had to wait for awhile. While I waited, I submitted records requests from all the hospitals from 1/1/2018 until now. I’ll need those for the attorney.

Around 12:30pm, finally. It felt like it took awhile. They verified the syringe, and my wristband, just to make 1000% sure those were my WBC. Getting the wrong blood type put in you can cause some serious problems, so I am glad they have all these validation points. I need this to go smoothly.

Just like that, I was radioactive, and sent on my way. As I walked out of the hospital, I started to just feel, weird. Something was just … off.

I returned back to the hospital at 3pm for the first scan. Extremely similar to the SPECT/CT scan, the scan in total was about 30 minutes. The machine began with a slow head to waist scan, just top/down, and top/up. Felt like forever. I started to just fall asleep. I was just tired. After that phase of the scan, the machine then rapidly scanned me in 360 mode next which was pretty quick.

Finally, the scanner slowly scanned my head/face/neck in 360 again. This part again, felt like it took forever. I fell asleep for it. I’m just so damn tired. I woke up to “it’s done”.

I was lowered down, and that’s it. I’ll be back Wednesday at noon, and again Thursday at noon to finish the series of scans.

As I walked out of the hospital, sheer exhaustion hit me. I felt just, unplugged. I got coffee, but it did nothing. Just exhausted. Whether it was the long day of hospital/work, or the radiation at the end. I was just done. My body feels so tired.

Results wise, we won’t know anything until probably Friday, as they have to model all the images together to create the final product. All I can hope for here is answers. I’m hoping it shows what’s going on in my face. Last week, it’s really started to hurt. I can feel the crap in my face, in my mouth. Under my tongue. I’m just tired of feeling this day in, and day out. It’s not going away at all. It’s also not normal, so I am hoping we can get it fixed.

Time for a nap.