This one was a simple one. A CT (Computed Tomography) scan of my head. Apart from discovering what a hot flush must be like when they inject an iodine solution into your blood stream CT scans are pretty routine and not all exciting. It was certainly not claustrophobic like the 'nuclear' scan.
Either because of my family name or because of my accent when speaking to the receptionist I was given an English language leaflet and form to fill out. It was a general purpose one that included instructions for lung CTs — was very interested to note that 'einatmen' (breathe-in) and 'ausatmen' (breathe-out) from the German version had been rendered as 'inspire' and 'expire'. It was a shame that my scan was of the head and so I missed the opportunity of a machine telling me to 'expire now'.
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