Scans & Such

Well today we stared off the day bright and early headed for an MRI and PET Scan. When we arrived I ran into another one of those glorious co-pays, bless it! 

I don’t know how to describe what happened next... I had been in the MRI for about an hour and a half when I proceeded to ask the nurse how much longer we had and she said we had another 30 minutes for the MRI with no contrast and then another 55 minutes for the MRI with contrast. 

Let’s just say this I felt my blood pressure rise to my eyeballs and I basically said we’re going to be able to finish the one without contrast and then call it a day! LOL I didn’t really know I was claustrophobic until today. I was literally in the MRI machine for almost 2 hours! Let’s not even mention the railroad tie of a needle they put in my port for me to be able to have the contrast and then we didn’t even use it. Although I know it was my fault we didn’t use it!  It’s comical now that I look back at it definitely wasn’t though in the moment. 

Once we finished at the hospital we headed to the Mitchell Cancer Institute for a PET Scan. Once we got there, we headed to the ground floor got checked in and once again another glorious co-pay... 3 tests at $350 = Ramen Noodles and Tap water FOREVER! haha

Finally they took me back to give me the “sugar shot”. I was able to take a glorious 45 minute nap while the shot activated in my system and dream of what I could have spent $1,050 dollars on other than co-pays. Like ice cream, Reese’s peanut butter eggs, Diet Coke, or Dunkin Donuts 🍩 HAHA 😂 

Once in the Equipment room I had to get on the table again to go in to a somewhat open style scan.. This was much better than the fire breathing lock box I had been in early in the morning.  

All in all I learned a lot of life lessons today.

 First:  Hi my name is Robert and if I’m locked in a close space for almost 2 hours, I might become a hypochondriac and become claustrophobic. 

Second: Very thankful for my support system and a God who hears our prayers.  I know this may sound crazy to some of you but I know for a fact HE helped me make it through the last 30 minutes of that MRI. Even though I wasn’t able to complete the contrast portion I know he allowed me to make it to finish that one scan. Because I was about to have a come apart! 

THANK YOU for all your thoughts and prayers and we will have the results from these two test on Tuesday when we meet with the surgeon and my oncologist. Praying BIG! 

Love, RC3