
Yesterday I had the pleasure of my very first CT Scan. What an experience I must say. The day started out with drinking a "berry smoothie" which did not have any resemblance of anything berry and looked more like watered down Elmer's glue. The first bottle I had to drink at 6am within 30 mins. It went down okay no problem but the thought of drinking a 2nd bottle already was getting to me. Upon my arrival I was instructed to change into a very fashionable gown and to keep my shoes on. This day I had these really great suede and gold shoes so I was walking the red carpet on my way to the machine. I did have to say that this contraption was very fascinating and I found myself wondering how this machine was even invented and how it worked. Looks like I will be making a pit stop to either howstuffworks.com or wikipedia. Apparently while some of the photos are being taken it is necessary to hold your breath. At first for 5 sec and then 16 sec and lastly 10 sec. All my years of practicing holding my breath actually came in handy on this day. I also found that I get nervous trying to follow the technician's directions. Its like I am a 5 year old just learning to understand the words breath in and breath out. Needless to say everything took just about 20 min and I was out of there ready for a 4 hour nap when I got home. Now only if I can see what my insides will look like. Hopefully the doc will show me!