This is a post from two weeks ago I wasn't sure I wanted to share yet since we won't get a diagnosis until November 26, but I decided it might help others or at least entertain them!
Yesterday started at 4am! Not for a race (which will be this Saturday) but to drive three hours for a "NUCLEAR" scan! My appointment for my thyroid ultrasound was at 8am and I was told to allow thirty minutes for registration, as the hospital has a new records system called epic! Epic was a good name because the registration process took two hours. Two hours sitting in the waiting room, just to be taken to a room with a radioactive sign on the door and given a magic pill.
The pill was so magic that the guy wouldn't even touch the lead bottle and wouldn't help me open it when I couldn't get the "safety" cap off. When I asked for assistance he told me thst he couldn't touch the bottle. I then asked him how the bottle got on the table if he couldn't touch it. He didn't have an answer fo that but did advise i could get the bottle open by pushing the cap down and up at the same time. I got the bottle open and the guy reminded me again not to touch the pill. Really? I asked if its not safe to touch then how the hell was I supposed to swallow the pill since my toungue would be in contact with the pill! He was not impressed with my questions of the obvious and replied the test was medically necessary and take the pill.
It was a blue and white pill. I took it then was told to come back in four hours for my scan and uptake test. Oh and by the way you'll have to come back tomorrow to finish the test. Never have I had a medical test that was so slow to complete! Slow to get results back yes, but to administer? I could run two half marathons and clean my house in the time it took to finish with this test.
Apparently, when you ask too many obvious questions you get the new tech that does not speak a great deal of English when you come back. She was very nice and only had to repeat one of the scans, but unlike the guy from the morning she attempted to explain what was going on. She worked like I run- slow and methodical. The test got done and unlike the couple of hours I wait to check my race time, I will wait a couple weeks for the results from the magic pill. Guess running slow has prepared me once again for waiting to get to the finish line!
