This morning I had a CT scan of my kidneys. In order to get a clear picture of the blood supply, I got an iv injection of a radioactive dye. So far I don't glow, but there's always hope.
A CT scan is pretty benign. The machine looks like a very large donut, if donuts had flashing lights and spinning lasers and cool stuff like that. The bed slides through the machine while the laser spins, giving a 360 degree picture of my insides. It doesn't feel claustrophobic or scary, and it's surprisingly fast. I was only in the same room with the machine for about 45 minutes.
The weird part is the dye. It's injected through an iv port in an arm. They warned me first that I would feel very, very hot all over, and that I'd feel like I was urinating. (My brother warned me of the same thing) About 10 seconds after the injection, I felt heat starting in the back of my throat and spreading all over. I didn't actually feel like I was urinating, but I could definitely tell when the sensation reached my bladder. Another 10 seconds, and the feeling is gone. After that, there's nothing weird at all.
Now I'm just waiting for the nephrologist to see the pictures. Presuming I have two healthy kidneys, then we can move forward.
Tomorrow, surgeon. June 16, mammogram.
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