I may glow in the dark

[RayvenQ]

So, I've just had the radiation fluid injection (as well as about my 50th X ray in my 23 years of life) to have a bone scan, going back to the hospital for the actual scan soon.

I wonder what super powers I might get or whether or not I'll glow in the dark like a novelty toy

[CaroPhoenix]

I had a bone scan done almost 20 years ago. I got nothing out of it, but the fact that my bones look really good! Plus, I was told I had to drink a lot of water to get the radiation moving through my body, so I went to the bathroom ... a lot! Good luck!

[Rapscallion]

I had a small irradiation pill a bit over a year ago for a SEHCAT scan - very tiny amounts and pretty much background radiation levels. I was hoping for super powers, but I didn't even get an eerily glowing toilet.

I told the doctors that I was disappointed. They ... looked at me.

Rapscallion

[RayvenQ]

Well, had it done, was torture, 12 minutes and as soon as it got to the point where i shouldn't move, my nose itched, my right eye itched, my hip hurt and something got into my left eye.

[Dips]

One of the post-docs in the research lab had a bone scan. We would leave a geiger counter in the on position when we were working with radioisotopes. [You don't want to be fiddling with an on switch if you think you may have contaminated your hand. Leaving it on meant you could just sweep your hand in front of the probe to see if it was hot before touching other surfaces. After you had completed the work and put everything away, you then used the counter to check your work area and make sure you hadn't spilled anything.]

Junko, the person who had the bone scan, was just walking around doing her work and would set the counter to screeching every time she walked past it. When she walked out of range, it would suddenly stop and go back to the normal amount of noise it makes when picking up background radiation.

Mary, who was doing the experiment that was being monitored, didn't know what was setting it off the first few times. She was sure going nuts trying to figure it out, though.

Eventually, she thought to point the counter at Junko and they put two and two together.

[crazylegs]

I wonder what super powers I might get or whether or not I'll glow in the dark like a novelty toy

Dude, my 'super power' is the inability to buy off the peg trousers, trust me when I say it's not all it's cracked up to be!

[Kiwi]

I bet you would look awesome in a club that has black lights!

[jedimaster91]

I do these scans for a living (well, almost ). Unfortunately, my super powers have not emerged yet from being around the stuff all day. Maybe my kids will get them.

Well, had it done, was torture, 12 minutes and as soon as it got to the point where i shouldn't move, my nose itched, my right eye itched, my hip hurt and something got into my left eye.

This happens to me ALL the time. Someone says "don't move!" and my nose starts itching. That's why I usually give my patients a last chance to scratch, sneeze, and wiggle before I hit the start button.

Junko, the person who had the bone scan, was just walking around doing her work and would set the counter to screeching every time she walked past it. When she walked out of range, it would suddenly stop and go back to the normal amount of noise it makes when picking up background radiation.

Fark, there is NOTHING like the scream of a Geiger counter. I got used to hearing them pinging all day during my pharmacy rotation, but I remember hearing them suddenly start screeching and it took me a minute to realize someone was drawing up FDG doses (positron emitter. VERY radioactive) across the room.

Anywho, Rayven, hope your scan gives the docs the info they need. Since I don't know why you're having the scan, I can't be hopeful that something turns up, or nothing turns up.

[Lady Legira]

So, I've just had the radiation fluid injection (as well as about my 50th X ray in my 23 years of life) to have a bone scan, going back to the hospital for the actual scan soon.

I wonder what super powers I might get or whether or not I'll glow in the dark like a novelty toy

I had something similar done back when I was 18 and I'm still waiting for the superpowers unless mine is to be incredibly clumsy or possibly to freak people out with hospital stories.

Mine was for my kidney it was fun watching the little green dots move through my kidneys (they had a little screen) and the nurse was puzzled as to why one kidney showed normally but the other was tiny. Probably something to do with the fact it was the size of a prune and looked much the same so the doctor said after they removed approximately six-eight months later. Still got the 5-6" scar to prove it too after nearly 13 years.

[Becks]

They ... looked at me.

In terror?

[Rapscallion]

In terror?

Well, they're only human. Who could blame them?

Rapscallion

[RayvenQ]

Anywho, Rayven, hope your scan gives the docs the info they need. Since I don't know why you're having the scan, I can't be hopeful that something turns up, or nothing turns up.

I had it because of a bad back, while i have a mild case of scoliosis, X Rays and MRI's have yet to point out why it's hurting me so much (constant back pain all the time I'm awake) hopefully something will show up to give them a clue as to how to fix it. Either that or I'll be on pain killers for the rest of my life.

[jedimaster91]

Ah. Well if that's the case, they're looking for some kind of fracture, so any affected vertebrae will show up hot. Although, I dunno what they'd do about it. I just take the pictures.

[Becks]

Who could blame them?

Me. I'd stare at you in awe.

[AccountingDrone]

Back when mrAru was still in the navy, his duty station was at one time on 'lower base' at the submarine base in New London Ct .... the sewer lines have radiation monitoring in them ....

It used to be a game for be to take out my frustrations by going in for an IVP, and peeing on lower base in his building to see if I could get off the lower base before the radiation alarms put it in lockdown

When I had my parathyroid scan last fall it was interesting, they actually told me to bring in a couple cds to listen to, and reminded me to dress warm as I was going to be stuck in the machine for a few hours. They even told me to let them know if I had an itch for them to scratch so I wouldnt move at the wring time. The techs at the hospital I use are all fantastic people. I so much prefer my civillian medical treatment staffing to the military ones. They may have been nice people outside of 'work' but they sure seemed to take out their frustrations on us poor dependants. It was not uncommon to hear someone getting snarked at for accidently peeing themselves during a routine pregnancy ultrasound where you have to drink a lot of water and not pee until afterwards.