Elizabeth & Brendan

I had my CT scan today and it was my first CT scan.  It was my first time getting the contrast dye.  When they were putting in the IV the nurse was explaining the potential side effects from the dye – metallic taste in your mouth, nausua, hot flashes and feeling like you have to go to the bathroom.

When I get into the room, the tech explains that some people get a hot flash and then a warming sensation from your head downward and it ends with the sensation that you just peed your pants.  She goes on to say that maybe I will be one of the ones who doesn’t get that side effect.

So I get the first scan done – I hold my breath, they take the pictures all is well.  They tell me they are going to give me the dye and it might sting.   All is fine.  Then the hot flash and then I am told to hold my breathe.  As I hold my breath, the sensation that I just peed my pants happens and I am trying not to laugh (I have a habit of inappropriate laughing).  So now all I can think is “holy crap it really does feel like I peed my pants.”

I am very mature.

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