Well that wasn't so bad after all

 The hardest things were not having anything to eat for 12 hours and the drive home. 

 We left early enough to account for evening/afternoon traffic which was a good thing. We left around 2:35 and arrived at check in at 3:00 or a little after. Filled out a form and commenced waiting. And waiting... and.... waiting. Sure enough, about the time I needed to pee really bad... they came to get me while I was occupied. Happens every single time. Oh by the way I wore an oversized Star Wars shirt that landlady Sandy had given me and sweatpants from another friend from when I broke my arm. I was good to go and comfy cozy. A nurse walked by while we were waiting and said quietly, 'nice shirt!'

My tech was a young black fella by the name of Robel, he did my intake and IV/injection. By chance it happened to be in the same building I have been to a number of times for mammograms and my MRI last time. But... the PET was set up in a mobile trailer outside the building. I saw it when we walked in but didn't pay any mind to it.

Anywho, I was able to take my well stocked bag with me (two knitting projects, phone, tablet and water bottle). Yay! He explained how long it would take and all that and I said, well that's not as bad as the instructions said about waiting an hour and not being able to move. He gave a frustrated sigh and eye roll and said he's mentioned it before the admin and nothing has been changed. The extreme measures were to cover scans of different body parts. Brain scans were a bit trickier and that was where you had to wait an hour and not be as active. Gotcha. He was very good and I was lucky they used a very very small needle for the injection since it was not a direct feed but through an IV (stint? Connection?) no pinch or sting at all.

So it was only about 40 minutes for me before the other tech (older lady) who did the actual scan came for me. 'Are you ready?'  'I don't know, am I?' Smile and laugh and followed her to the other end of the trailer, didn't get her name though.  

Imagine a smaller version of an MRI machine, 'table' was just wide enough for my body with my arms over my head. Put a wedge under my knees and luckily my upper body was inclined a bit so I didn't get dizzy. 

No need to hold my breath or anything since it wasn't like an X-ray, just relax and breathe normally. That did require some relaxing and patience because just when my legs started to get kind of achey from holding them (didn't relax them wasn't told to just being propped up by the wedge) and then my nose started to itch. On the outside like a piece of lint landed on it. 

Okay, relax, ignore the itch, think of something else.... breathe ..... then the table jerked a bit and the light shifted and 'Okay you're all done'. 

Whoohoo! Told her that was great timing as I rubbed my nose.

Finished up, went back inside the building, we both had to hit the bathroom and then....

It was 5 pm. Everyone basically had gone home for the day, we were the last ones out. 

Traffic. Near the base, going south and east... I missed my entrance on the right freeway, AGAIN! Took a side track to Kearny Mesa and then realized my error because it took another hour to get to an intersection where I could turn around and head back to the freeway so that was another 45 minutes so we didn't get home until almost 7.

So ate as soon as I could when I got home. Leftover enchilada casserole, a hot dog and a coke.  I am  bushed, been an exhausting day and hope to sleep well tonight. Then hope to get a package Devon is sending that we missed today. Apparently the driver needs to get through the drive in gate which is impossible without the clicker. Typically they will somehow get in the walk in gate and ninja drop packages, so will see what happens tomorrow. 

I'm exhausted. 

If life throws you lemons, make lemonade. Then set up a stand, charge an exorbitant amount for each cup, invest it in a high yield account and then retire on the misfortunes of life. - Me.