23.1.14

Make sure you don't wear metal. Thats what she said when she rang me about having my PET scan.
No zips, no clips and no underwired bras!
Wear a track suit - my one and only track suit has metal toggles, and its about 10 years old. Oh the shame of admitting that! Wear a fleece cos it can be quite cold in the mobile unit - mine has a zip. Even the knickers I'm gonna wear have a metal bead on top of a little bow. Wear a bra without wire - oh dear i don't have one. I lay in the bath wondering what I'm to do.
Light bulb moment! I have a crop top that i wear to the gym.

 

If I'm brutally honest, i should have inserted 'used to' before, 'wear to the gym'! Its seen many an aerobics class......in the past. And the odd zumba class......in the past. When did i ever have time for these classes? These days not only do i not have the inclination or the skeletal ability, i don't have the time.

Anyway, the reason i insert a photo of the said crop top is this.  I thought you'd like to see the offending article. It was like a comedy sketch. I pull the plug on the bath and dry myself and attempt to dress myself ready for my scan. I pull the top over my head and push my arms through the armholes Obviously its a well fitted garment used for support. It was all rucked up at the back where i was still slightly warm and damp from the bath. I felt slightly claustrophobic trying to get it on so i pulled it off again. I dried myself a little better this time and attempted it again. If i pull it down at the front first......then...... pull it down at the side......just a little, it should be easier..... I pull and pull, arm up at the back..... just grab the back...its easy, just grab the back....just grab the back for crying out loud, its too high up, i can't reach. I was jumping up and down, shouting at the mirror, 'just pull it down'. Eventually i managed it, but not before i was hot and sweaty and terribly frustrated and frantic. Not a good start to a hospital appointment.

Scan over and done with, I drive to work following my scan. I work night duties and Im lucky enough to sleep at work. I was far too scared to take it off before bed in case i couldn't get it back on in the morning. When i do take it off I'm gonna cut it into ribbons so i don't have to go through that again! So I'm lying here in bed feeling constricted in a crop top. Its 3.50 and I'm fully awake - thats gonna hurt in the morning.