CT Scans are scary

Friday was tough. I was really tired and it was super cold out and I had to stand outside for 45 minutes at work, doing our weekly "Island Talk." As a result, I never got warm all day. I had to go to Swedish for my bone scan and CT scan in the afternoon. The bone scan wasn't bad. First, they inject you with some sort of dye so they can see your bones. I kept imagining Wiley Coyote when he'd get zapped and you saw his skeleton - that's what I figure the techs see! It took about 40 minutes once in the machine, and I actually fell to sleep because it's so quiet. Really nice technician.
Then, it was over to another building on Swedish's massive campus, for the CT. Lord, first I had to drink not one, but two large containers of this stuff I decided to call gurp. It tastes like chalk, even though it comes in flavors. Oh my God, I thought if I have to drink another one of these I would puke. After the gurp has had time to digest, they come to get you. Then, oh boy, it's time for an IV. This is because once you're in the machine, they shoot iodine through you so your veins show up. Wiley Coyote again. The gurp is to illuminate my organs. So, the nice lady warned me that when the iodine went in, I'd feel like I was having a major hot flash and the sensation that I was going to pee my pants. Right before she injected it, she said here it comes, and holy crap, it was the weirdest, scariest feeling ever. I thought I would burn up, but it goes away in about 30 seconds. Nonetheless, I started to cry and just couldn't shake it for awhile. It just scared me.
Later Friday evening, Brad and I were engrossed in a movie, and my phone rang. I chose not to answer until after the movie was over. It was a radiologist at Swedish telling me she looked at my CT, and I had a small stone in my appendix, and if I was having abdominal pain to go to the ER right away. Well, I freaked, because I was having horrid pain, but it was gas from the gurp, not my appendix! I called the doctor and he said I was probably fine, but radiologists tend to get excited. I am fine. Have felt good all weekend.
So, tomorrow is my brain scan. It will be interesting to see if there's anything there (hahaha!). Seriously, I hope there isn't.