Wednesday, February 22, 2006

PET Scan

I did my PET. HORROR!!! The entire procedure took about 3 hours. I was injected with four different kinds of radioactive fluids half-hourly, while lying in a small room to wait for the fluids to take effect in my body. The small room is monitored with a CCTV camera, which made me feel uncomfortable and queer. I have never been to an asylum but I guess this is how the patients feel, confined in a white room like this. The last injection is a fluid which made me want to take a piss every 5 minutes. After an hour and a half of monitoring and injections, I was led to the scanning room. I looked at the tunnel-like machine with much apprehension and fear. SHIT!! Enclosed space! I can’t even handle, been in a lift. I laid down and the scanning procedure started. I shut my eyes as the I entered the “tunnel”. Ten minutes into the procedure, I needed to take a piss again. Damn the stupid fluid that was injected into me! I tried to clear my mind and thought only about meeting Sweetie later in the evening. The exigency to go to the toilet got stronger. Alright. I couldn’t hold it no more. Still in the “tunnel”, I called out in a small whispering voice, “Excuse me..” Nobody came to attend to me. I started to panic. I broke out into cold sweat. The narrow tunnel was causing me to hyperventilate. I called out again and nobody came to get me out. I was at the brink of insanity and I started screaming and going hysterical. Still nobody came...