Diane,
I knew there was something about this topic that prompted to write. It was the question, because I thought you were asking about a different test from a bone density test. There is another test called a 3 Phase Bone Scan and it is done in Nuclear Medicine. It is a long procedure, about 3-4 hours depending on where they scan. They do a baseline scan then inject a radionuclide. You wait a couple of hours and then they scan again. They compare the pooling of the radionuclide in the 2nd scan to the 1st. I had one done 22 months ago. My scan took longer because my problem is in my left arm and your arms tend to fall off the edges of the scan, so they do additional scans of just the arms. I think the scans of my lower arms were done at the same time and took about 5 minutes. I remember the 2nd scan of my upper arm took 5 minutes of standing very still at a very odd angle, and each arm had to be done seperately. I had not eaten enough that day and I think I only made it through 4 of the 5 minutes before I got very light headed. The reason had the scan was because I have a chronic pain condition that can cause osteoporosis.
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Diane,
I knew there was something about this topic that prompted to write. It was the question, because I thought you were asking about a different test from a bone density test. There is another test called a 3 Phase Bone Scan and it is done in Nuclear Medicine. It is a long procedure, about 3-4 hours depending on where they scan. They do a baseline scan then inject a radionuclide. You wait a couple of hours and then they scan again. They compare the pooling of the radionuclide in the 2nd scan to the 1st. I had one done 22 months ago. My scan took longer because my problem is in my left arm and your arms tend to fall off the edges of the scan, so they do additional scans of just the arms. I think the scans of my lower arms were done at the same time and took about 5 minutes. I remember the 2nd scan of my upper arm took 5 minutes of standing very still at a very odd angle, and each arm had to be done seperately. I had not eaten enough that day and I think I only made it through 4 of the 5 minutes before I got very light headed. The reason had the scan was because I have a chronic pain condition that can cause osteoporosis.
Reta
October 26, 2009 - 6:07pmThis Comment
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