{"id":129,"date":"2018-09-06T11:51:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T16:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/?p=129"},"modified":"2018-09-10T12:35:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:35:39","slug":"cycle-4-day-17-ct-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigdadoo.com\/journey\/2018\/09\/06\/cycle-4-day-17-ct-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle 4 – Day 17: CT Scan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the CT scan to check up on the effect of the chemotherapy.<\/p>\n

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This is a CT scanner, but that’s not me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just in case you’ve never seen or experiences a CT scan, this is what they look like. I’ve had a couple now so the process was familiar and went smoothly. The nurse that started my IV for the contrast injection was a riot. He had a constant upbeat banter with me and the other nurse he was working with. Interesting that this time after a 4 hr no eat, no drink rule I was asked to drink 2 large glasses of water right before the scan. Previous scans didn’t do this.<\/p>\n

Today, I also broke a cardinal rule. I left the house in sweat pants, something I’ve told Shirley to never let me do. I never want to be “that guy” with the baggy, dumpy grey sweats roaming around in public. Now, these were quite nice Bench sweats in a tasteful dark blue colour that, I think, fit quite nicely. All the same I only wore them to the hospital and straight home where I changed back to jeans. Why the sweats? Well, if you show up for the CT scan with no metal in your clothing, you don’t have to change into a really stylish hospital gown \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the CT scan to check up on the effect of the chemotherapy. Just in case you’ve never seen or experiences a CT scan, this is what they look like. I’ve had a couple now so the process was familiar and went smoothly. The nurse that started my IV for the contrast injection was … <\/p>\n

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