Getting motivated this morning was not easy, succumbed to an hour and a quarter of day time TV - what will become of me? Finally got on with sorting out paperwork, making phone calls, rearranging stuff that I will not be able to do next week. The post arrived with official notification of MRI scan and details of what to do - got to turn up early to fill in forms - oh no better get going...
Arrived to find my friend already settled into the waiting room and they were expecting me. Chose the music I'd like to have on whilst scanning, did lots of ticking yes/no. Then I was escorted out of the hospital because I was a naughty girl - no, no, no, because the scanner was in a lorry trailer parked outside!!
Had to remove all metal stuff, good bye teeth (4 falsies you know on a metal frame!), good bye glasses, good bye hoody. Into the scan room, pretty tight on space, shoes off, lay down here, without banging head on head frame, careful now. Clunk, yes banged head! Head strapped down, guard over face then accompanying guard type thing on my neck. Don't whatever you do move. Headphones on with my choice of radio 2.
MRI scanners are very noisy but somehow I managed to fall asleep - result! Part way through I had some dye injected into my arm but I didn't really wake up for it. I just remember some vague mumblings about, arm out, sharp scratch, you may feel...... My arm was plonked back onto my tummy as I continued to doze and the final scans were done. I was so sleepy when it finished I thought I couldn't get up. I felt incredibly heavy. Forty minutes passed in a moment, then off for a bite to eat with my accompanying friend before picking my beauty up from school.
It was after school gardening club today and we had lots of fun weeding and digging for potatoes - very satisfying!
I feel so lovely this evening, happy, free even, I can highly recommend it!
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