mis_chiff's Blog

You'd think with the world so advanced in technology, someone would

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take the time to make that stuff Telebrix taste better. Would it be that hard?

Seriously, I don't know!

The CTscan was nothing like I expected.

I had an 11 am appointment, I wasn't allowed to eat 4 hours before the test

so at 6 am - I was sleeping anyway Then at 9 am I had to mix the Telebrix

with 450ml of water. So I got up at 8:30 and had 2 cups of coffee one after the other,

I'm a self admitted coffeeholic and I had to stop drinking coffee by 10 am anyway.

Then at 9 it was time to mix it up and drink it.

Which I had to do within 10 mins. I used really cold water (big mistake) and mixed it

together....YUCK - can you say YUCK - OMG even though it was clear, and it didn't make

it that thick OMG it was nasty! So I struggled to drink this stuff, can't drink it fast cause

it made be gag As soon as I finished it I jumped in the car and went to Tim Horton's for

my last real drink for an hour or so....

Ok, so I get to the hospital at 10:15 am, sign in and have to change. Then at 10:30 the guy gives

me a big cup of this stuff again, I almost gagged at the thought of more

and again, I had to drink it within 10 mins. Well! I started to drink it and was actually surprised,

it didn't taste as bad as the one I made at home - the difference? the water warm warm, not cold!!!

You'd think they'd tell you that! So I drank it, still tasted nasty but didn't make me gag

and then at 10:55 I went in to the room. The guy was very nice and explained what he was going

to do and what I should expect during the test. Then he tells me I have to have an intravenous dye

injected in my arm they never told me that before

anyway, he told me the dye would burn once it's injected and it'll make me think I have to - or rather

have already pee'd myself Man he wasn't kidding

So after I lay down and the machine starts, it starts instructing me when to breath and when to hold it

and the table moves forward and backward while taking pictures...

Then the dye is released into my arm and wwwwwwooooooooaaaaaaaa, he wasn't kidding when he said

it'll make you think you have to pee But the burning sensation is what was weird, it was so hot, all

the way from the tips of my fingers to the tips of my toes, I'm not kidding you, this was the STRANGEST

sensation I have ever felt! If it was a match on my hand, it would hurt...but this was on the inside, and you can

definetly feel it, but oddly it didn't hurt - what a feeling.

Then it was over, he took the needle out of my arm, sat me up, told me my doc will have the results by

wednesday, told me to drink lot's of water, asked if I had any questions, wished me a good day, and it was done!

Just like that, not what I expected at all...the worst part was the cold water mixture...and the waiting of course!

I will update through the week when I learn more.....