PET Scan

So they made me drink a pretty tasty red juice and then injected me with a radioactive substance. I had to wait an hour. I slept because I was still tired from the PORT installation. I had a total of 200 units of versed for the port installation, at least I think it was versed. That stuff is great! "Hey can I put a hole in your chest?" Sure, that's cool.....whatever man. Unbelievable.

I basically slept on the CT platform during the PET. I probably went in and out on it for 45 minutes while half asleep. It was actually incredibly relaxing until they did the final CT. CT's sorta suck because of the synthetic iodine injection. When it goes in your IV, it warms your groin (feels like you've peed on yourself but haven't). It creates an odd metallic taste in the back of your mouth and, for me, causes momentary stomach nausea (maybe 1.5 minutes). It's just long enough to make you think you need to puke without actually puking.

Once all this was over, I was freaking wiped. Came home, took 800mg ibuprofen, ate a big roast beef sammy, a banana, cookies and drank fluids. Karen purchased all kinds of things for promoting healthy flora in me to reduce chemo toxicity. I'll detail it in another post. I'm pretty tired.