A Painful Week

The CT scan on Friday went smoothly. I managed to walk to everywhere I needed to get to but I did use the wheelchair for a seat at lunchtime and got wheeled a small distance in it (mostly by my daughter who thought it was good fun to push). It did take a little while to get the scan completed as they slipped in another patient ahead of me when I was all prepped to go. I don't ever recall getting so many different slice sequences taken or me having to raise my arms above my head before, but that is what happened. I expect to hear something about the results next week when I see the specialist.
Whilst I am no longer getting fevers I have been in quite a bit of pain, mostly in the evenings and morning. My shoulders, ribs and back have begun to really complain when I lie down a lot. I have had difficulty getting to sleep with the pain and wake up in the middle of the night feeling like I have sprained shoulder joints. It takes quite a while to settle down, even with extra pain medication. Not sure what can be done about this at all, but it is becoming a real problem when I can't even get rest when lying down. The scan should reveal if tumors are involved or not. Me, I think it is just because there is not enough of me and I sleep on my sides by preference. Time will tell but I hope this is a passing phase and somehow I figure out how to work around it.