I had my 6th CT Scan today. I am getting pretty good at it. I wore clothing with no metal so I didn't have to change into a gown. We did only I.V. contrast so there was no yucky drink and no fasting before hand. Sounds ideal right? Wrong.
The nurse and I were talking about how painful the port needle is going in and he tried to make it hurt as little as possible. The problem came when they tried to draw blood for the usual tests I get before chemo. There was no blood flow. Second try: a little more blood came, but not enough and there was a weird dark portion. Third try: He called the floor nurse and had her try Yep, that one hurt, but we got good blood flow and could do the scan. Afterwards the nurse forgot to flush the port before removing the needle and had to stick me again.
I always wondered what would happen if they didn't flush the port before removing the needle. Now I know and it was sort of anticlimactic. There was no squirting blood (my worst fear) only a little drop of blood at the site. No more than you would get having your blood drawn intravenously. So besides getting poked four times it was an educational experience.
January 27
Got the CT scan results today. The liver spots shrank by .5 cm, no change in the spot in my lung and no new spots. Yeah, still headed in the right direction.
Colonoscopy in February. Not sure if I'm looking forward to the experience, but I am looking forward to the results.
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