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feeling bad after a Cat scan

tiny one
tiny one CSN Member Posts: 465 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I had my Cat scan screening done on Monday. I felt nasty after having the scan the rest of the day. I had alot of bathroom issues,this started early in the morning, was headachey and just felt fatiqued all day. Anyone else felt like this after their scan?
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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh CSN Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #2
    Normal After Effects
    Hi,

    The barium that you drank acts as an enema basically and as it winds through your digestive tract, it cleans you out.

    Drink plenty of fluids and rest and the storm will pass. It just has to go through the cycle.

    You will be ok.
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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 CSN Member Posts: 6,744 Member
    #3
    Yuck
    That stuff always gave me a tummy ache and the runs. I think it is very common for that stuff to run right through you. I felts like I was coming down with the flu after drinking that stuff. Hope you feel better soon and yes, drink lots of water to flush it out.

    Kim
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  • nudgie
    nudgie CSN Member Posts: 1,478 Member
    #4
    Effects
    I had to stop getting the IV Dye due to an allergic reaction and the radiologist refrusing to perform the CT Scan with the dye, but even with the dye had no ill affects.

    The only effects I have had is the bathroom issue. When I drink the white milky goop it makes me regulate myself before the scan and after the scan, but besides that I am pretty much good all day.

    I would speak with your doctor and radiologst to see if the effects you are having are considered normal.
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  • dixchi
    dixchi CSN Member Posts: 431
    #5
    Sick
    I have had several scans over the past year with no problems;
    then had one in February and by the time I got home, I was
    throwing the stuff up everywhere and then I had the shakes
    for several hours, could not get warm or stop shaking....
    thank god it passed and I was ok after several hours but
    that had never happened before. The scans they are giving
    me now don't require drinking any junk.... I get a PET/CT
    scan and a biphasic scan of the liver....thank goodness.
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  • polarprincess
    polarprincess CSN Member Posts: 202 Member
    #6
    hi
    oh man i remember my second to last ct i got locally- they gave me this thick barium crap that made my stomach rumble and i had diarrhea and felt sick all day. My first ct scan and most recent one were at mayo clinic and they have me this clear tasteless stuff that gave me absolutely no side effects. They wrote down on paper what they use so i can request it back home, and if they won't use it locally, i will drive the 7 hours to mayo because i will never again drink that barium stuff..
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