Yesterday’s CT with contrast was a piece of cake. I didn’t expect it to be a hard test, but I’d never had one with contrast before. Everyone was telling me how it would feel, and although I didn’t expect it to be painful – I was still nervous about what exactly it really would feel like.
As they put the contrast in I suddenly felt flush in my face and neck. My tongue felt like it was swelling up and for an instant I was worried that I might be having an allergic reaction to the dye – but as soon as I managed to say, “Hey, I think my tongue is swelling up” it was gone.
I had been told that as the contrast went through my kidneys and bladder, it would feel as though I were wetting myself (not that I really would be – it would just feel like it.) But, I had no such feeling. After the initial feeling of being flush was gone, that was it. Simple!
Now, next week is the “scope.” There’s something about having a tube with a camera passed into my bladder that just doesn’t sound like my idea of a way to spend an afternoon.
As they put the contrast in I suddenly felt flush in my face and neck. My tongue felt like it was swelling up and for an instant I was worried that I might be having an allergic reaction to the dye – but as soon as I managed to say, “Hey, I think my tongue is swelling up” it was gone.
I had been told that as the contrast went through my kidneys and bladder, it would feel as though I were wetting myself (not that I really would be – it would just feel like it.) But, I had no such feeling. After the initial feeling of being flush was gone, that was it. Simple!
Now, next week is the “scope.” There’s something about having a tube with a camera passed into my bladder that just doesn’t sound like my idea of a way to spend an afternoon.
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Candice & Crystal
I just feel really lucky that it went so easily!