CT Scans

these are finally done, thank God. last week, Brian and i woke up too late for me to drink the barium in time to have the abdominal CT scan. not so today. besides, i really didn’t want to go through all that on my birthday. the entire procedure for the sinus and abdominal scan took about 20 minutes, but we were at the hospital for about an hour-and-a-half waiting. just waiting.

they sent me home with the sinus ones so all i need to do is make an appointment with the ENT. i’m not a radiologist or ENT, but because i’ve had this done before and i have an idea what to look for and where, i’m thinking that it doesn’t look good. if i’m reading them correctly, and there’s a million percent chance that i’m not, it looks like the blockage that was there before has returned. maybe i’m regenerating.

as for the abdominal scans, they’re going to send those results to the chiro later this week. that was an experience, let me tell you. i’ve had barium before, so that wasn’t bad. it certainly isn’t worse than activated charcoal. what was different though, was that they injected me with iodine. as soon as i was shot up, i felt a warm sensation in the back of my throat. the temperature rose, and the heat rapidly traveled from my throat down to the tips of my toes. it was unnerving. fortunately, the sensation lasted just a few minutes. good thing i’m not allergic to iodine. at least i didn’t think i was before i was injected, but now i know for sure. i imagine i’d be dead right now if it turned out that i was, in fact, allergic.