Ultrasound

Today I had an ultrasound scan on my salivary glands. I thought I would write about my experience here.
We went to a hospital in London for the scan, we allowed plenty of time for delayed trains etc so arrived early.

We made our way to the waiting room and sat and waited, whilst we waited there were quite a few babies waiting to go in and the one nearest us was so cute and very young, he also pooped his nappy twice in 5 mins! And I tell you I have never heard a fart so loud as came from that baby's bottom. It made everyone laugh in the waiting room his mum included.

Anyway after a while I got called through, the room is darkened and I had to lie down with my neck extended slightly. There was a lady scanning and 2 or 3 men in there too. I felt a bit awkward just sort of staring at the ceiling trying to keep still. I know it sounds silly but whenever I try to keep still I always get twitchy and also I was concious that they were looking at me. Then I really wanted to swallow and wasn't sure whether I should as she was scanning my neck at the time. I was also surprised at how thick the gel they use is as I expected it to be a bit thinner. The scan was over pretty quick, then one of the males said it looked pretty much normal but he would have a quick scan too. He showed me one of my glands on the screen and being fascinated by medical things as I am I thought it was pretty cool. Then I got some tissue to wipe the gel off and went on my way home.

My mouth rash has been there the last few days so I tried to get a photo but again I just can't get a good enough one on my camera. I have used the steroids for the first time today so we shall see if that has any effect.