My this metal bed is very hard Mary thought she lay on the scanner. Where should I look? Just keep my eyes closed that’s the best.
I think the iodine will have got into your kidneys by now, she heard a male voice say
Well I can’t feel anything but as long as you can see something I am happy Mary told them suddenly her phone rang.
It was nside her capacious bra Mary had forgotten.
Luckily she was not inside the scanner so she pulled it out and handed it to the radiographer who was standing by her side.
It’s lucky it wasn’t inside my knickers I suppose but then we don’t have those knickers that women used to wear in Victorian times with elasticated legs coming halfway down the thighs but they would be very useful. Actually my mother-in-law used to carry a handkerchief there.
Mary’s mind drifted on. Her shoulders were aching because she had to hold her arms vertically behind her which meant they were actually horizontal.
Finally they had finished and she sat up with the aid of the radiographer because the room was spinning round and round.
Well this makes a change, she told Annie. Then she heard a noise that sounded like a cat meowing
Have you got Emile inside your handbag she asked Annie?
Well yes I have because I did not want to be alone in the wait ing room while you were having your scan.
I don’t know if that’s a good enough reason…
we could have brought another person with us like that man who lives in the house across the road it’s about time we got to know him.
Mary you’re acting very strangely you’ve never expressed interest in men before not since we lost Stan
Well maybe it’s the iodine if it goes into my kidneys and bladder gets into my womb
Maybe iodine is like viagra for womenm I can’t say what it does for men .
But do not drink iodine at home as I will not be answerable for the consequences no will I pay for you to go to a nursing home to have a baby if you become pregnant after reading this storym
How my heart speaks 