"You Can't Always Get What You Want - But If You Try Sometimes You Get What You Need"

This song was playing on the radio when I came back from doing my adrenal gland CT scan.

Kind of reminds me of the saying "The Lord will not give you anything you can not shoulder yourself." I told myself that saying a lot when Aidan at 3 months was diagnosed with multiple food allergies. It was a very stressful year!

This is my third CT scan and for the last two times I have had to drink an oral contrast and then get an IV of the fun stuff. They lie you on a board and slide you through a donut shaped machine while a robotic voice loudly and bossily tells you to "Breathe in... HOLD YOUR BREATH....Breathe.." The first time I did the scan I felt like hyperventilating. With all the breathing in and holding - I was uber conscious of my breathing and it was all over the place. The second time I knew what to expect and I was more relaxed. The last time was the same but they told me that I may not need the IV, the technician will check the images first to see if everything was visible. He came into the room after a time and said "Good news! No IV!" I was pleased and replied "It must of been me drinking that contrast every 15 minutes!" At that the tech glowered and muttered mostly to himself, "I do not know why they make you drink that stuff, but I do not write the policies or procedures..." !!!!
What does THAT mean? I don't really need to drink this chemicaly drink!?!?! Gee, thanks!!!