aftermath

[arguchik]

either the barium sulfate they made me drink or the contrast dye they injected via IV for my CT scan yesterday really did a number on my intestines. it could be that they use nutra sweet as part of the flavoring in the barium sulfate suspension. nutra sweet and i do not get along. or...my body is just getting rid of these foreign substances the best way it knows how. bleah. i feel completely emptied out, and abdominally uncomfortable--enough so, that i'm cancelling the run i had planned for this morning. hopefully i'll be back to normal tomorrow.

p.s. wiki says that an abdominal CT scan doses you with 5.3 mSv of radiation, versus 0.2mSv for a chest X-ray. that seems like a lot to me...

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Le Poop Blanc

[drjohn.livejournal.com]

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/203643.html

[crash66.livejournal.com]

ugh the barium the flavor the hurting ugh

i had to double dose because i processed the first bit before they could get me on the table.

by the time it was done i felt like i had drank concrete things weren't right for several days after.

yeah every year would not make me a happy camper.

[crash66.livejournal.com]

yeah it wasn't pretty for me either. To add to the fun boss was gone and i was in charge. One client demanded an order that was 25% of the company's gross sales and it had to go right at that time so i'm networking with company owners and vendors and clients and i'm a nice shade of purple and i feel like i ate chalk.

bleh this moment in medical history brought to you by medical journals exposed. Next week famous lypomas in history.