Not that my bones are very flexible these days, but I had a great experience today at the hospital, Musgrove in Taunton in case anyone is interested.
Daily radiotherapy (6 of 10) was 9am. As luck would have it I was early, they were ready and I was out by 9.05am. My Dexa bone scan was scheduled for 12.30pm. So I did what any sensible person would do (by the way, hubby has admitted he would never do this) I went to the X-ray Dept and explained I was already here and if they had a cancellation or weren't too busy, they could give me a call. He didn’t look too hopeful, so I wandered back to the very nice M&S cafe in the hospital and settled myself with my work emails and a flat white.
Half an hour and only one cup of coffee later, the X-ray Dept calls “they can see you in 10 mins”. Yippee, home 2 and a half hours earlier than anticipated and very grateful to the lovely radiography team who squeezed me in.
Dexa scan, for the uninitiated, involves lying fully clothed (unusual for a scan in my ever increasing experience of scans) on a bed (slightly softer than the radiotherapy bed) whilst a large machine arm slowly moves up and down about a foot above your body. They took 3 scans and it all lasted about 20 mins. It's not strong radiation so the radiographer stays in the room, beavering away on the computer and not sharing any results - as ever these come later via the consultant. But this was just a baseline on my bone density before the other meds (Letrozole in the main) kick in.
