CT Scan & Reeling...

On Monday, I had a CT Scan to take a look at my abdomen and diaphragm so my doctors will have a good idea of what they will see when I undergo surgery. The day before the scan, I had to drink 2 liters of water, which felt like a billion gallons.

The morning of the CT Scan, I arrived at the hospital an hour and a half early to check in and drink a liquid contrast. It was not completely gross, but I would not want to drink it on a regular basis.

The CT Scan was a whole lot quicker and easier than the MRI! The CT Scan itself took maybe 5 minutes. However, it took them 20 minutes to get an IV run and I have a couple of lovely bruises from the fiasco. My veins are hard to hit on a good day, but they were refusing to cooperate that morning.

My Dr. called me to go over the results of my scan on Monday evening. My uterus looks just as expected. The endo adhesion they saw runs below the right quadrant of my diaphragm and behind my liver, that is really not a shocker. The real kicker was when he explained that there is a small tumor on my pancreas. He does not believe that it cancerous, but is sending me to a specialist to have it looked at before surgery.

I have an Endoscopic Ultrasound scheduled and a follow up the week later. I will now have at least 3 surgeons scrubbing in for my surgery (Dr. B. for my uterus, another doc for my diaphragm, & now Dr. M. for my pancreas). I am trying to stay positive and I am so glad that this was caught early on. However, I have to admit that part of me is scared.