Something out of Star Trek?

Well, maybe not so much, although when considering some of the technologies used today in medicine to scan, probe and decipher the human body, it makes you wonder how far off we may be. They even have portable ultrasound machines you carry around in a little case.

*Beep, beep* "You're going to have a healthy baby girl!!".... amazing when its happening in a remote village. Well, it's amazing period.

Anyways, I'm talking about this because I'm scheduled to go in for a bone scan and MRI today. They're both going to be done on my mid-thoracic spine, between the T-6 and T-9 vertebrae. I have to go and get an injection first thing in my back, to give contrast I imagine to the image they'll take later when I'm due to return for the Scan and MRI. I'm happy to finally be getting some tests done on my back, and I hope that some answers will soon follow.

The only gripe I have about doing the tests today, is that I'm most likely going to miss my swimming class (although it is raining today and it's an outdoor pool, so that's not a total loss), and worst of all, I have a feeling the tests may eat in to my Anatomy class, and being this is our last lecture, it's not something I would like to miss. I should at least be able to make it to my lab, so that's not all that bad.

Funny thing is, there is a shocking similarity between the tests today, and with some of my microbiology exams.......... I'll have to wait 10 days for the results!