You May Feel Like You've Wet Your Pants...

Fall out from gall bladder surgery a couple of weeks ago...I had to have a CT scan today. (Is that what it is really called? CAT scan? Whatever...) You know, where they put you through the tube with the loud spinning thing circling you, and the mechanical male voice that says, "Breath in...breath out..." and then screams..."STOP BREATHING!!" Anyone had this horrible test?

Anyway, I guess I'm just a failure at being proactive about my own health care. I didn't really understand what today entailed. No food or drink after midnight. I got that, but I thought this was just a fancy x-ray. I wasn't prepared for the two glasses of barium (let's try and fool her to think it is lemonade!)stuff. I choked that down in the time limit...barely.

I go back and they want to start an IV. (Again, I was clueless.) The guy goes to start my IV...WITHOUT GLOVES...seriously...when have you ever (post 1982) EVER seen a health professional do a glove less stick??? I think he was a little peeved when I suggested he put them on. Anyway, his efforts to start an IV were fruitless, so I just proceeded to throw-up on him. Surely he'll protect himself a little better next time.

Anyway, they decide to just have me get up on the scan table to start the IV.
The next nurse doesn't have any trouble with the IV. She's gloved and she keeps her distance. She explains the IV is for the "tracer material"...again, I was clueless because I never ask questions. (Unless it appears, I am approached by glove less men with needles.) So we begin...the bed starts moving, the thingy starts spinning, the mechanical man starts screaming. After a couple of passes, the nurse comes in and says, "I am starting the tracer material. Let us know if your arm starts burning. You'll feel a warm sensation throughout your body. You'll have a metallic taste in your mouth and you'll want to burp, but don't move. Oh," she says as she turns to leave, "and you may feel like you've wet your pants."

What the??? Sure enough, about 45 seconds later, I guess that is what it feels like when you wet your pants. Frankly, its been a few years. I didn't remember.

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