Two done, One to go

I went to Jameson this a.m. for my esophageal transit study & a gastric emptying scan. The first test involved swallowing some H2O laced with a radioactive tracer followed by a quick X-ray. I thought this is a piece of cake compared to what I have been going through. Then my lovely nuclear medicine technologist, Shannon (who lives in Poland and knows my neighbor), made me a scrambled egg in the microwave with a radiopharmaceutical as one of the delicious ingredients... and I had to eat this! Immediately after, she had me lie down in a gamma camera scanner and X-rayed me continuously for NINETY MINUTES! She showed me anterior & posterior views of my stomach digesting the egg and moving it along in my system. She let Alan stay in the room with me, provided us with encouragement, support, & warm blankets. This afternoon, off to Northside Hospital for a MRI of the brain. I may not answer the phone any more today...always calling to schedule yet another test! Linda