I feel like I should be losing weight with all the fasting they are having me do.
They told me to eat a high protein/ low carb diet for 24 hours before my test and told me that my last meal could be at 5:30 am. You better believe that I set my alarm so I could get up, eat breakfast, then go back to sleep.
I feel very blessed that during all this I have been able to sleep pretty well. One of the big symptoms I've had for a while is fatigue. I HAVE to have a nap to be able to make it all day and then by 8 pm it seems like I can't take one more step. So sleeping has been okay for me. Luckily too my medication for anxiety/depression helps with that as well!!
Anywho- I went and helped with preschool like normal and it was nice because Ann (my mother in law) had Carter so I didn't have to worry about him.
The PET scan was scheduled for 2 pm and they wanted me early to do paperwork and a blood draw.
(I thought getting my veins poked might get easier....that hasn't been the case.) Brett came with me and it shows that we knew absolutely nothing of what they were going to do.
The X-ray technician was my age and very friendly. I like friendly. I changed my clothes---btw I was WAY too dressed up. I wish that I wore my pj's. I had my hair and make-up all done, my colored skinny jeans on with a dressy top and flashy sandals---- No, no. uh uh.
She took Brett and I back and put in an IV and explained that she was going to inject me with some radioactive fluid and some kind of sugar, next, she would place me in a room BY MYSELF for a whole hour. During that hour I was supposed to drink lithium mixed with sprite. I can never drink sprite again after that. ewww. Imagine the worst thing you have ever tasted and multiply that by 100. Yes, it was that gross.
After chilling for an hour while being radioactive, she took me to the machine (after I went potty of course) and I was supposed to hold as still as I could in the machine for 30 minutes. She said that even twitching my finger could cause a funny result in the test. After all the itching I'd been having, I was really worried.... but I said a prayer and I was good.
During the test, I envisioned running my neighborhood course I like to run that takes me a little over 30 minutes. It helped, but I was also SUPER hungry so I went through all the food places nearby to see which would satisfy my hunger the most. haha.
I decided on a burger place and krispy kreme afterwards. A bummer to me-- my appetite wasn't as big as I thought.
The technician couldn't tell me anything but "You held really still and we got the images your doctor needed." poohey.
Guess waiting is my new hobby.
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