I went for my standard CT scan on 29/11/2023. I had a job interview (1 of 2, same company) in the afternoon so I needed to pop in and out with no delay. I’ve done this on loads of occasions over the last 2 years. No problem huh?!
On arrival it was a paper check-in process as the IT systems were down, but the radiology system was up and running. I had my modi injections the day before so my arm was looking a mess with 3 red splodges on the injection sites with bloody heads. I had to explain what was going on during the preparations. The canula went in. Then it was flushed and the nurse remarked “it’s working” a couple of times. The flush doesn’t normally happen. I paid little attention, but in hindsight I learned it hadn’t gone it correctly, hence the checks.
All started OK and they came out to check the canula and add the contrast. They asked if it was feeling OK, which it was. The nurse walked away and was just disappearing into the control room when the canula suddenly felt very different. Uncomfortable and strange, but not quite at a level I would regard as painful. This continued and I hoped the CT scan would end ASAP so I could tell the nurse how weird it felt now.
When she emerged, she seemed to know. She checked the canula site and said it had collapsed and then rubbed the site. She must have taken the canula out pretty damn quick too and it stopped feeling uncomfortable. Although the contrast had initially deployed OK, at some point it had leaked into the surrounding tissue, causing the discomfort. A doctor came to check, and the conclusion was it all seemed OK. Great! I could leave to get to my interview!
They then said they would check with Ward 1 (the home of all trials) as they might want to see it. Unfortunately, they did. On arrival, my lower arm started swelling up, was very “hot” and “tight”. I was "detained" for a bit. 
To cut a long story short, I ended up checking in with Ward 1 daily, for the rest of the week. There were lots of further discussions. Photos, drawing round the redness, emails with Plastics, and the suggestion I may have to visit them (25 miles away). It was suggested it might evolve into an impressive bruise (it didn’t). Three days later, the swelling receded and everything has returned to normal.
I made it back home that day, in time for interview 1. I had the subsequent interview 2 for another role the next day, but none was productive, so no happy ending there 
. I am so rubbish at playing "competency interviews", thinking of the right story on-the-hoof and articulating how I work. It's just all "normal" in my book. I need to get some ego from somewhere!
