…ohhhh the needles!

Went in for my CT scan and warned him-they only had one tech on today, usually they have 2- that I’m a wimp when it comes to needles AND they’re difficult to get in me.  I tell myself every time that I get this done that it’ll all be fine.  Rarely is it fine.

He tried twice to get the catheter in for the contrast dye and it wouldn’t work.  The needle would go in but not the catheter.  He called one of the nurses in from the ER because “they’re really good at the difficult ones”.  She tried it once and no go.  She says I have petite” veins that zigzag.  He says I have thick skin.  “Not lizard skin, just thick” he says, like the needles aren’t sharp enough to go through it. None of this is good when they have to put something in my vein that looks bigger than the vein it’s going into. Them trying to get the catheter in is incredibly painful, wiggling the little tube thingy around in your vein.  Finally he asked the radiologist if we could do the scan without the dye.  Won’t see any cancer in my organs but bone mets will show.  Fine by me.  I can wait to find out if it’s in my organs, I was more concerned with my shoulder anyway.  We did the scan without the dye.  This time.

So far 1 in 5 times has gone like clockwork.  I’m getting to the point where getting a CT scan is starting to cause me higher than normal anxiety.   Hopefully my next scan is at least 3 months away.