The
appointment has arrived for my bone scan on Wednesday. I have to be at the
hospital for 9am and by the looks of things I shall be there for several hours.
The letter came with a booklet explaining all about the scan, apparently it is a
very expensive procedure and the radioactive material they will inject me with
is expensive so I have to ring if I am unable to go as soon as possible. I must
admit I feel like ringing and cancelling the whole thing, I am feeling extremely
nervous about it. I am fine with injections, when I had breast cancer and the
subsequent chemotherapy I had numerous injections over the couple of years I had
my treatments, but I am claustrophobic and the thought of being in the enclosed
space is freaking me out a bit. Some people have asked if it is like a CT scan
or an MRI, well I am not sure to be honest, it does sound similar, except that
the leaflet says it will take almost an hour, and when hubby had an MRI it was
about 20 minutes, and he did not have to be injected with radioactive material!
My brother in law kindly told me the other week that it was the most painful
injection he has ever had! Thanks Rich! It is a well known fact that women can
bear pain a lot more than men (at least thats what the nurses and doctor said on
24 hours in A and E on tv the other night) so I am hoping its true!! After all
we have to bear childbirth don`t we girls? Enough said.
I am a bit worried
about the results of this scan, the consultant who ordered it for me is the
surgeon I see about my breast cancer, and when I said my arthritis pain was much
worse he said we had better get this looked at. I keep telling myself it is my
arthritis that is causing the pain, but a tiny corner of my mind keeps saying to
me "it could be worse than that". God I hope not. Hope its just
arthritis.
