latest pet scan
That’s Pilar, aka “mi Pili”, and one third of The Team.
Yesterday I had my third PET scan, which had been recommended by my new oncologist last Friday. Susan (Pip) couldn’t come with me for this one as she has a friend from the US visiting, and so I was very lucky that my friend Carmen was available. Based on the last two PETs, I told her we would probably be out of there in about three hours. Wrong! We ended up there for six hours, so I definitely owe her one. Though she said she didn’t mind at all as she had nothing planned that afternoon and had brought books and some stuff from work, plus when we were both waiting together we talked, played Hangman on my iPhone, went for a snack, and had quite a good time…
And I totally lucked out because “One Poke Manolo” (not to be confused with “Two Poke Manu“) was working the afternoon shift … I swear that guy can find veins that don’t even exist! And so, after I was painlessly injected with the radioactive isotope – and a serious tranquilizer – I lay back in my comfy chair and kind of drifted off until it was my turn for The Machine. Though I did find time for a quick Tweet before I went in.
I took that photo of Pilar on the way out (after having missed an excellent photo op to get all The Team together earlier on). I’d seen both Ricardo and Isabel when I arrived and we had a nice chat, but I wasn’t thinking about my next blog post at that point and they left shortly afterwards. Pilar was working a double shift, which meant she had got to work at 8.30 in the morning and was still there when Carmen & I finally said goodbye at 8.30 pm. Which kind of put my “long afternoon” into perspective.
Carmen dropped me off at a square near my house and on the way home Nog called and invited me out for tapas. Other than a small snack around 6pm I hadn’t eaten all day. So we went to Enrique Becerra (hadn’t been there since my birthday) and were surprised to see some very nice changes made to the bar and restaurant area downstairs – more on that in the next azahar’s Sevilla weekly Sunday post.
And so, we had a few tapas and some wine and then asked José for the bill. Which he brought along with a couple of extra drinks on the house. And a couple of minutes later a plate of “on the house” flamenquíns also arrived at our table. Oh that José!
So we were totally stuffed by the time we got back home. Then I had to have a shower (recommended to help make me less radioactive) and sat up for ages drinking water. I should have the scan results back by Friday and meanwhile Ricardo is going to set up my colonoscopy appointment. And after all that I will hopefully have a clearer idea about where I stand healthwise, and what to do next.
Good luck, Lovey!
Good luck, I hope you don’t get bummed out by Ricardo!
Oh, a colonoscopy! What fun! The best part is the prep, at least on this side of the pond they have you eating nothing but clear liquids for two days and the last day only water and in the afternoon a gallon of Go-Lytely (whoever thought up that name should get a pulitzer prize ) which cleans you out from one end to the other.
Actually, other than the prep, I more or less enjoyed the experience of my colonoscopies because I got to watch the camera output on the video monitor as it explored my colon. A lot of people they just put out completely, but I was relaxed enough about the ordeal that they didn’t feel it was necessary. Also, I did not have a lot of pain, so I didn’t require a lot of pain killers. I have clients who experienced excruciating pain because their colons are twisted and full of diverticuli, but I am a fortunate soul without all that sort of nonsense.
Hope yours is interesting and not painful.
Also, your PET scan is bound to be clear, you know.
Do what the ringtone on my cell phone says: Don’t worry, be happy.
It isn’t worrying as such, Silverstar,more like not knowing how to feel. Sure I can choose “happy”, but it’s always stressful waiting to hear about test results. To be honest, worrying about how I’m going to pay my rent next month keeps me awake nights more often than health issues.
Oh gaaaaa, I know, hmh. Have been reading up about colonoscopy prep on the Colon Club forum. Sounds about as bad as CT scan prep. At least with a PET scan all you have to do is not eat for eight hours beforehand. I wonder if mine will take less time as there is hardly any colon left to scope…
*ignores zoomer* (don’t encourage him, folks!)
*tries to ignore Zoomer but it’s so difficult because he is so irresistible*
Ohhh… you meant his JOKES…. Lol…
No, I meant his “jokes” …
I know you’re all laughing on the inside, some of you very, very far inside.
“So we were totally stuffed by the time we got back home.”
So stop feeding me lines!!!!
I prefer cat scans
which of course can be considered to be pet scans
“On the house” is my favorite food. And drink.
Just back online after a week’s holiday and trying to catch up. Are the scan results back yet? Hoping to hear a resounding yell of ‘all clear’ from the other side of the world anytime now…