Scanxiety and technology

Today I get a cat scan and bone scan to see if cancer stable or progressing. They are the first scans i’ve gotten since August—10 weeks ago, which may seem a short time to you but it’s been forever for me. It’s creepy to think about the possibility of cancer infiltrating my bones so I try not to think about it,

Here’s how a day like this goes. I’m in Nashville where we’ve been since last night. I gotta say I was proud of myself when i discovered that my hdmi cord was broken (there’s nothing on TV in hotel so we use my computer to hook to TV set. I’m quite the techie. Thank you UT). So despite tiredness from travel, i called cvs near Vanderbilt and they had one. So I slipped off supportive ankle boot and put on regular boots to drive the 1/2 mile. No big deal, right? Fortunately, I had found the impossibly hidden cvs one hot summer day when i was looking for panera’s so I knew I could find it.

I got the cord. All good. Then my computer gave me error messages that I didn’t have wifi etc etc. I was totally convinced i had blown up my computer w/ bad cord. But I patiently work with it 30 minutes or more. Finally I did what all good engineers do—rebooted system. and after updating, it started working. it’s the little successes, so Dan and I watched Netflix.

Now, Monday today: get ready at hotel and head to tricentennial hospital sans boot.

At 10 (I’m still waiting) they’ll shoot me with nuclear dye and then i’ll go to pet scan place to drink the big cups of sugary drinks for cat scan. And then they’ll shoot me full of dye& contrast—somehow they can do nuclear dye and this both at once. I’m not sure how,

At 12 they’ll be finished with with cat scan that shows where cancer is.

At 1, I go back to imaging bone place where they’ll do my scans (they had to wait for my nuclear medicine to circulate). That should take about an hour or more depending if doc running behind.

Hoping to be done by 3. i won’t know anything for a few days so lots of anxiety in meantime. Peace out. Vote Let’s just live thru next week. Hoping for good news!