PART XXXVI: CT Scan #5

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016

• Appointment in Smiths Falls for 10:30 
• Arrived 10:00
• parking $4
• Taken in at 10:30 
• Visited with client's family, she passed away a few days later, after her husband was told they were looking for a LTC placement for her. Seriously. 
• Had to drink salty broth day before, fasting this morning
• Injection for dye, two arms... couldn't get in the first
• 10:52 done 
• Pick up a disk for Dr. Cagiannos takes 3 or 4 minutes
• 11:30 Cannot transfer files 
• Breakfast at the Roosteraunt. Awful.

PSA = 1.7 test last week, online results!

PART XXXVIII: CT SCAN #4

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

For event #41 hubby had to go by himself. We have the grandkids for a week. We have been available for last-minute cancellations for these tests booked in advance, which works well for us.

CT, or CAT scans, are special X-ray tests that produce cross-sectional images of the body using X-rays and a computer. CT scans are also referred to as computerized axial tomography.
A CT scan can be used to visualize nearly all parts of the body and is used to diagnose disease or injury as well as to plan medical, surgical or radiation treatment.

Your doctor may recommend a CT scan to help (Mayo Clinic):

• Diagnose muscle and bone disorders, such as bone tumors and fractures
• Pinpoint the location of a tumor, infection or blood clot
• Guide procedures such as surgery, biopsy and radiation therapy
• Detect and monitor diseases and conditions such as cancer, heart disease, lung nodules and liver masses
• Monitor the effectiveness of certain treatments, such as cancer treatment

 CT Scan #3 was at the Riverside Campus for Ottawa Hospital.


#2 was alone, too, since I had norovirus. Sigh.

It's a big hospital, with long halls!

 Since The Ottawa Hospital includes the Civic, the General and Riverside Campuses, we asked for the earliest appointments for these tests. Go to the website and print yourself off a map. It helps!
The Ottawa Hospital phoned us two days before, as has been the case with previous appointments.
Here is our list of info for the CT Scan:

1. Go to hospital wing C1 - Radiology
2. Drink 8 glasses of water the day before.
3. Bring a list of your medications. (We keep this in our agendas.)
4. The test itself will take 20 minutes. (A 90-minute drive, for 20 minutes!)

Video of the scan.

PART XXX: Another CT Scan #3

This time we went into Riverside Campus of the Ottawa Hospital. It was a terribly long day.

Arrived at the hospital at 2:02 p.m. after 84km. It's a pretty nice parking area, with few cars yesterday, Dec. 29th. Loved the skylights in the new wing.


2:05 p.m. - register at Radiology. It was very quiet.
Requisite selfie and ussies...

2:10 p.m. Two right turns, follow orange dots to CT Scan waiting room.

Hubby had to drink two containers of liquids. Crappy stuff, really.
Daughter, Caitlin, just bought me Imagine Dragon's CD for my birthday, which includes the song, ♪♫♩♪ Radioactive!
2:15p.m. – take one cupful over 45 minutes, the next 8 oz. between 3:00 & 3:45.

It was a long sit, and I played with his iPad, as well as taking photos. Finally, at 3:45, Catherine, the technician, took him in. She was a sweetie, joking and helping us relax. I waited outside, amusing myself.

X-ray mode for PhotoBooth
Irony!

Civic Hospital Bone Scan

Friday was a long day. We were back to have testing. Friday, Sept. 19th was  a Bone Scan.
It is an interesting process. It would be more interesting if it wasn't a 90 minute drive.
Next, it is a CT Scan, then a consult.

Civic Hospital Bone Scan

Elevator c, 1st floor, Section F1 (Yes, print out a map  it helps)

Friday, Sept. 19
    9:15 Left house
  10:20 Parking lot, I chose to go to the roof, to park in the sunshine! It was our first day of frost.

Yes, remember your Level!

  10:45 Arrived in office. One person in the waiting room.
  10:47 Injection of die - dismissed until 1:15
Parked on top floor, in sunshine. There was ice on the bird bath. But with 7C. and the sunshine, the a/c kicked in!
   10:47 – in for the inoculation with Lisa, who introduced herself. (Hospital protocol!) After 5 minutes Lisa got a vein first try. Good woman! The parking was $7.00. Out to Monkey Joe's for lunch. $50.00 for lunch. Yes, I had two glasses of wine! Back to the hospital. I find it helps to take photos and to be silly!

Irony: Joe eating lunch at Monkey Joe's!

Twas too cold for the patio

It was quite exciting to pull into Westgate! Three fire trucks.

Westgate had a fire alarm

Ironically, this is why hubby attended my retirement seminar
in Ottawa in 2005.

   1:00 Waiting room at 1:00.
   1:20 took another patient in.
   1:25 hubby powdered his nose. Guy here with PSW. He was sleeping, snoring, burping. You just have to laugh inwardly.
   1:25 they came looking for him, still powdering his nose, Judy went down the hall to chat with her mates. I didn't realize she was looking for him.
   1:30 In we went to the Bone Scan room. They scan one section at a time.

Here he is. Radioactive material in his body.
They slide him in.

They finally called us in. Here is the machine, from the side, from our Nov. test.

Nov. 2013

Bone Scan from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Ever had a Bone Scan? This is what it is like.

   2:20 we were back out on our way down the maze of hallways to find the car. Parking was the max/day, $13.00. It wouldn't take his $10 and $5 bills. I don't know how some people do it. It was $20 for the two parking periods. I put it on my charge card. Traffic wasn't bad. Home by 4:15. We won't know the results until we meet with the doctor at the end of next month.

On the way home again. SMILE!

Understanding
 Lab and Imaging Tests 

4:30 Hubby went out to fetch fish and chips from the chip stand for dinner. Apparently, he can have this: no eggs in the fish batter. Thanks, Jimmy!

Jimmy