Not sure if this a question, a word of warning but thought I should ‘share’…..
Mum had another CT scan this morning. (they seem to have been almost routine these last few months alongside the Gamma camera/MRI stuff) ….. except this was her brain scan (not chest/abdomen etc) …
Previously, I was allowed to stay in the Gamma Scanner room with her, have experienced for myself an MRI scanner…. but never into a CT scanner room before today (had to leave for the test to be done, of course).
Yes, it was dimly lit and a bit surreal but I figured mum has had so many of these before it would be a breeze for her …… a CT scan is a CT scan, surely, even if it’s a different part of the body being scanned???? (I’m hopelessly ‘un-medical’ you will realise).
Well, mum was ‘returned’ to us in the waiting area being supported by TWO staff (she was no more ‘wobbly’ on her feet than usual first thing this morning) and looked, well scared. For a couple of hours afterwards she was very shaky and tearful.
Just never known her react like this to a scan before…(not being flippant but she seems to treat them as a trip out, usually followed by lunch somewhere - today she just wanted to get home and have a cup of tea)
As I don’t know ‘what goes on’ in that room during the scan am left wondering….. does scanning the head/brain involve different procedures to anything she has known before? Was it just a bad day? Could she really have deteriorated between the last scan (only a few weeks ago) and today? Could I have prepared her better for it? Might someone have prepared ME better for what to expect?
Considering I wasn’t sure if I had a question, the ‘?’ button on my keyboard is nearly worn out… sorry……
Karen, x
Mum had another CT scan this morning. (they seem to have been almost routine these last few months alongside the Gamma camera/MRI stuff) ….. except this was her brain scan (not chest/abdomen etc) …
Previously, I was allowed to stay in the Gamma Scanner room with her, have experienced for myself an MRI scanner…. but never into a CT scanner room before today (had to leave for the test to be done, of course).
Yes, it was dimly lit and a bit surreal but I figured mum has had so many of these before it would be a breeze for her …… a CT scan is a CT scan, surely, even if it’s a different part of the body being scanned???? (I’m hopelessly ‘un-medical’ you will realise).
Well, mum was ‘returned’ to us in the waiting area being supported by TWO staff (she was no more ‘wobbly’ on her feet than usual first thing this morning) and looked, well scared. For a couple of hours afterwards she was very shaky and tearful.
Just never known her react like this to a scan before…(not being flippant but she seems to treat them as a trip out, usually followed by lunch somewhere - today she just wanted to get home and have a cup of tea)
As I don’t know ‘what goes on’ in that room during the scan am left wondering….. does scanning the head/brain involve different procedures to anything she has known before? Was it just a bad day? Could she really have deteriorated between the last scan (only a few weeks ago) and today? Could I have prepared her better for it? Might someone have prepared ME better for what to expect?
Considering I wasn’t sure if I had a question, the ‘?’ button on my keyboard is nearly worn out… sorry……
Karen, x