MRI day

After the endless weeks of waiting I finally got to the great scan day. I don't know who was more wound up mum or I. After much husband stupidity we made it to the hospital 20 minutes early.

Now who ever designed hospitals really didn't think. The floors are not the easiest on crutches, but its the rabbit warren of a maze to find anyway that gets me down. Still we made it there and I was ushered off to the MRI room at alarming speed. Unlike what my consultant had said I was neither in there for 2 hours nor forced to wear a hospital gown. Result or so I thought, bar from the fact both my GP and my consultant had advised me to take some diamazapam before hand, mainly to stop a muscle spasm during the scan. It didn't relieve the agonising pain I had woken up in, but it did send me into the world of the fairies. After much swearing I made it on to the trolley ( they brought that to me rather than me attempt to walk to the trolley with out my crutches), ear plugs in and off I was wheeled.

I have had a CT scan and bone density scan in the past so none of this is virgin territory to me, but I have heard so much about MRIs I was more than apprehensive, well for once there was no need. It was less noisy and certainly less claustrophobic than the CT scan. I am not sure how long I was in there but it was less than an hour. and I was free to go. Once I could get off the trolley which was a mission in itself as I had already taken me 45 mins to get out of bed early due to pain. I eventually rolled of the trolley into the awaiting crutches and greeted my mum with my all too familiar call "COFFEE".  Now I was left with this weird taste of metal and certain muscles buzzing from the scan, so I seriously needed the boost of strong decent coffee, and from my many visits to said place I know it comes equipped with a Costa Coffee, and now for some reason a Subway. But will some one please example to me why these places decide that no one is in need of them till midday ? So it was hospital coffee and home.

All that is left now is the 16 day wait for the results. But for now I will focus on the 14 day wait till Top Gear Live. That is a far more enjoyable prospect, and more positive. We have found one weird fact out today. After I slept off the medication, we popped out for some bits and lets just say parking is not one of mums expertise's, so I crawled over and relieved her of that task, once I had finally got the car in a bay it could only just fit in outside our house. I got out of the car and for the first time all day I was slightly vertical. For some reason I find driving easy and it actually helps me walk after. So that means more driving for me, a major plus back in my life.

On that cheerful note I am going back to bed for the day.