Saturday, October 12, 2013

Brain Scan...

I had a physical yesterday and all went well. I was telling the doctor all about my family history. Mainly the fact that most in my family drop dead of an cerebral aneurysm. My father and his sister, my grandfather, and a cousin. My mother had one fixed before it could rupture. Now, every time I get a headache I wonder "is this it? Is this the big one?" So my good doctor ordered an MRA. So next Saturday I get to check in at Northwestern Memorial, get hooked up to an IV as they pump dye into my brain then slide me into an MRI machine. Fun stuff. So now I am thinking "what if there is something in there?" When this happened to my mother she was not allowed to leave the hospital. They admitted her immediately. So now I am putting together a list of things for Ron just-in-case. The brain scan only lasts about 30 minutes but I have to be there at 11 to check in and get prepped.