Friday, January 7, 2011

Had a CT Scan today

You basically lie in a tube.

It took about two minutes, which I found surprizing. The MRI took about 30 minutes and required contrast injected into my veins. This was quick and painless by comparison.

Apparently they wanted to get a map of my sinuses and bone structure so that the bone drilling guy has a proper idea of how to tunnel into my skull without killing me...so that's good.

I was told once that a CT scan has roughly the same radiation as 300 X-Rays! Yikes.

Between this...dental x-rays...airport scanners...cell phone use...and the radioactive iodine I had to drink in order to cure my thyroid cancer...I'm probably going to turn into the Hulk!

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