OK, that sucked.

[gridlore]

I have never had such a violent reaction to contrast before. About an hour after the PET scan finished I suffered a really bad case of intestinal distress, and just feel like people have taken hammers to me.

After a mostly-sleepless night, I called in.

Of course, it might not be the contrast (although calling sick because of radioactive sugar was one of the best excuses ever) but maybe something I picked up walking around. kshandra hasn't been feeling well since her flu shot. I suspect she caught something while waiting for the shot and I may have gotten it from her.

Whee.

This morning I woke up in so much general pain that I took a vicodin.

Comments

[kengr]

Well, it ain't exactly "contrast". Contrast is supposed to be inert. But the stuff they give you for PET scans *has* to be sttuff that your body will process. That's to get the radioactive stuff that emits the positrons they are scanning for.

So your body may have just not liked all that sugar. Or, knowing how weird you are, your body might not have liked having all those positrons in it.