#full bone scan

Afterwards, we went out to lunch. We were going to go to It’s Greek to Me, but it was closed. So, we went to Frisco Freeze. I only had their hot fudge shake in the past. Mom used to go there when she had treatments in Tacoma. I had their cheeseburger without onions with fries and root beer. It was smaller than I expected. Good, but not very filling. After lunch, we went to Half Price Books. I forgot to bring my books for it. That tower of books (that I was going to take there) is almost as tall as me. We got a chance to look around at least.

Then, we went back to the clinic where they did the scan at around 2:30pm. My arms started shaking, because of trying to stay in the position they put me in. They told me it was fine. Went to the lab afterwards to get my monthly blood draw. That hurt even more than usual, because it was the same vein they did the injection in.

After that, we went to Starbucks for snack. They messed up my order, but I eventually got it cleared up. Had a chocolate croissant and iced chai. It was nice. A little something to tide me over. Got home at around 4:30pm.

They then gave me the bone injection for the full bone scan, and had me drink the barium contrast for the CT scan. I chose the mocha one this time. It was ok.

During the CT scan, they went to start the IV contrast, and suddenly I started feeling like fire was dribbling down my arm. It was leaking. Got it all over my sweater’s sleeve and a little on my side. It’s one of my fave sweaters. That was fun. They tried to clean it up as much as they could. They said it should come out easily when I wash it. It’ll just be sticky and make it stiff until then. The rest of the scan went fine.

I had to fast for the CT scan and I could finally eat afterwards. It was around 1:30pm. My parent and I went to It’s Greek to Me for gyros, like we usually do. I wanted it without vegetables and light on tzatziki. They followed the no vegetables part, but there were huge globs of the sauce. Some of it ended up on my sweater. Yay! Made it more messy.

After that, we went back to the clinic and they did the full bone scan. It took a little longer than last time, because they asked for a couple more images. Next, I went to Frisko Freeze for a hot fudge shake. I think it was the first time I’d been there. My mom used to go there sometimes when she had radiation or other treatments. She liked it, and I remember her telling me that the shakes were good. It had been a while since I had a shake, but it was good.

We then went to Half Price Books and World Market. Didn’t find anything at either of them, but it was nice just to look around. Although, I felt really dizzy and tired. We finally got home at around 6:15pm.

They already have the test results. Apparently, I’m still stable. Why did I have an increase in pain, then? Another thing is I’m not getting better. I’m just the same. They say for the CT scan that I again have innumerable sclerotic bone metastases throughout my skeleton. It’s unchanged. There are no new fractures. They say there’s a subtle compressive atelectasis in the lung bases. I read that it means something is pushing on or compressing the lungs. They did say I had a partial collapsed lung in the past, and I read that it could be related. That’s not good. For the gallstone they found a few scans ago they finally say how big it is. It’s 2.7cm or just slightly more than an inch. That seems bigger than I thought it was. The full bone scan impression part says stable multifocal osseous metastatic disease. Just before that part they said pretty much everything’s the same as in the last couple of scans.