Has anyone had a negative reaction from a CAT scan?
Yesterday I was at the ER for what turned out to be two ovarian cysts (one on each ovary). In the process of diagnosing what was causing my abdominal pain, I had a CAT scan for which I had to drink a solution and then they also put a contrast in the IV when I had the CAT scan.
By the time they released me with some pain meds a few hours later, my belly was starting to make noises that continue through today. On the way home, I started to get nausea and figured it was just that I needed to drink/eat something.
I was a bit dehydrated when I went to the ER and the only liquid I had in the 8 hours I was there was the liquid for the CAT scan and one glass of ice water, so I started drinking water when I got home. Hubby made me some mac n cheese which I thought would be mild and I slept.
I woke up later in the evening with mild diarrhea that I still have. I kept drinking water and munching on saltines from time to time. At 3 am, I woke up with a horrible backache that I fixed with a tylenol.
Now at noon, my belly is still making all kinds of noises. Every time I visit the restroom, I have mild diarrhea. I have nausea off and on. And, my backache appeared suddenly again around 10 am, though it's calmed down a bit with pain pill and laying on the bed.
Anyone else have this kind of a reaction with a CAT scan? I have calls into the nurse on call at both the doctor and the ob/gyn, but haven't heard from them in the last 3 hours.
Yesterday I was at the ER for what turned out to be two ovarian cysts (one on each ovary). In the process of diagnosing what was causing my abdominal pain, I had a CAT scan for which I had to drink a solution and then they also put a contrast in the IV when I had the CAT scan.
By the time they released me with some pain meds a few hours later, my belly was starting to make noises that continue through today. On the way home, I started to get nausea and figured it was just that I needed to drink/eat something.
I was a bit dehydrated when I went to the ER and the only liquid I had in the 8 hours I was there was the liquid for the CAT scan and one glass of ice water, so I started drinking water when I got home. Hubby made me some mac n cheese which I thought would be mild and I slept.
I woke up later in the evening with mild diarrhea that I still have. I kept drinking water and munching on saltines from time to time. At 3 am, I woke up with a horrible backache that I fixed with a tylenol.
Now at noon, my belly is still making all kinds of noises. Every time I visit the restroom, I have mild diarrhea. I have nausea off and on. And, my backache appeared suddenly again around 10 am, though it's calmed down a bit with pain pill and laying on the bed.
Anyone else have this kind of a reaction with a CAT scan? I have calls into the nurse on call at both the doctor and the ob/gyn, but haven't heard from them in the last 3 hours.
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