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Went down for the CT scan to check my (probable) adrenal gland adenoma. They had told me it would take about 2 1/2 hours, be there at 11:00 for check-in. No problem.
When I got checked in, they explained that they first did a scan without the contrast dye, because if the result was below a certain value of... I forget what the name of the scale was, BUT if it was below 10, they didn't have to do the contrast dye version at all. FINE BY ME!
So they ran the scan, then had me stay there on the table while they e-ed the result to a radiologist to review. When the response came back I was free to go! YAY!!! The one tech had already gotten the test from back in December faxed over, and she combined them on the result to send to my doctor. And she also thought it was strange that nobody told me about the probable adenoma back in December when it showed up on the scan then.
When I came home, I googled to see if I could figure out what she meant about "if it's under 10" on the non-contrast scan. SCIENCE IS MY FRIEND! Someone did a study comparing adenoma vs. non-adenoma results from scans using contrast and scans that don't use it. That "value under 10" is a characteristic of adenomas. The study showed that there was a 98% probability that the mass was a benign adenoma when they scanned without contrast. So there was no need to do the contrast at all for mine.
And in vaguely wild news (to me) the tech that was doing the main work with me remembered me from back in October when I went to the ER there for my head laceration! I found that amazing.
When I got checked in, they explained that they first did a scan without the contrast dye, because if the result was below a certain value of... I forget what the name of the scale was, BUT if it was below 10, they didn't have to do the contrast dye version at all. FINE BY ME!
So they ran the scan, then had me stay there on the table while they e-ed the result to a radiologist to review. When the response came back I was free to go! YAY!!! The one tech had already gotten the test from back in December faxed over, and she combined them on the result to send to my doctor. And she also thought it was strange that nobody told me about the probable adenoma back in December when it showed up on the scan then.
When I came home, I googled to see if I could figure out what she meant about "if it's under 10" on the non-contrast scan. SCIENCE IS MY FRIEND! Someone did a study comparing adenoma vs. non-adenoma results from scans using contrast and scans that don't use it. That "value under 10" is a characteristic of adenomas. The study showed that there was a 98% probability that the mass was a benign adenoma when they scanned without contrast. So there was no need to do the contrast at all for mine.
And in vaguely wild news (to me) the tech that was doing the main work with me remembered me from back in October when I went to the ER there for my head laceration! I found that amazing.
