OT: Nuclear medicine test coming up for me

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Anyone ever have a test via the nuclear medicine dept.? I have a bone scan of

foot rxed and coming up and it isn't the spot test for osteoporosis but I have

to go to nuclear medicine dept at hospital and get an injection of nuclear

medicine, then wait 6 hours for it to go all over my body and then come back and

get scan. The radiation will be in my body and the camera that they do the scan

has no radiation, just scans to pick up signals from the radiation in my body.

I'm really scared to put it mildy. I do everything to avoid cancerous

chemicals, pay more for organic foods, read labels, had the mercury taken out of

my mouth, now I'm going to have radiation injected right into a vein. Anyone

have any words of wisdom? I've been putting it off for six months but my doctor

has no other ideas on a foot problem I've had after an injury that won't heal.

After you have it done, I've heard people set off equipment, like airplane

scanners up to two days after test!! I've put it off hoping my foot would heal

and then it would be over.