anyone ever had a cat scan before Options

[jesterwr217]

so long story short ill use my bullitens on myspace to explain what happened

Subject: dude wtf
Body: so on top of having a concussion i have to have a ****ing cat scan tomorrow to see if i broke my cheek bone.

Doc said that is mostly likely whats wrong and the blood from the break is running down my nasal cavity to my throat and thats where all the blood is comming from.

If its broken and depressed then im prolly gonna have to have surgery!
WTF! All this from FLAG FOOTBALL!
Vicodin should kick in in a lil bit so all will feel well soon.....

basically i had a head on collision at full speed and got knocked out and suffered a concussion

i just want to know what happens in a cat scan like what do they do

[Rayme]

Sorry to here that..sounds painful.

You dont have to do anything, they put you in that giant tube and sometimes, inject you with dye in your arm....it tastes like metal in your mouth. Pretty easy procedure.

[supershannon77]

Yea I had one...its not bad you just need drink this nasty drink, get an iv, and they inject this fluid into it...then u go under this machine kinda like getting an xray.. If I remember correctly its open with a tube opening on the one side....the only thing is the stuff u gotta drink is nasty, the taste disgusting and when they inject w/e into you I think its the contrast(or maybe thats the drink) or w/e its so warm its the weirdest feeling its like this warm feeling that is slowly entering your body.

I also had an MRI when I was real little...that was much worse bc it was of my head and you cant move and ur inside this small tunnel...the cat scan was nothing...didn't take long at at prob like 5-10 mins.

I hope everything goes ok and don't worry about the test at all its cake...just get over the taste of the drink.

edit...

I don't no if everyone pt has to drink w/e it is or if every pt has to get injected with the dye or w/e it is.

My test was for abdominal pain its a little different then yours. again good luck.

This post has been edited by supershannon77: Jan 12, 2009 - 9:45 PM

[jesterwr217]

yea i was reading that mine is just for my face and i dont have to worry about not drinkn or eatn nethn so i doubt ill need either (which is what i was worried about)
shots dont bother and i sleep through tattoos but ivs and getting blood drawn hurts... go figure .... lol

[Rayme]

Yea I had one...its not bad you just need drink this nasty drink, get an iv, and they inject this fluid into it...then u go under this machine kinda like getting an xray.. If I remember correctly its open with a tube opening on the one side....the only thing is the stuff u gotta drink is nasty, the taste disgusting and when they inject w/e into you I think its the contrast(or maybe thats the drink) or w/e its so warm its the weirdest feeling its like this warm feeling that is slowly entering your body.

I also had an MRI when I was real little...that was much worse bc it was of my head and you cant move and ur inside this small tunnel...the cat scan was nothing...didn't take long at at prob like 5-10 mins.

I hope everything goes ok and don't worry about the test at all its cake...just get over the taste of the drink.

edit...

I don't no if everyone pt has to drink w/e it is or if every pt has to get injected with the dye or w/e it is.

My test was for abdominal pain its a little different then yours. again good luck.

Do you remember when what you drank came out..the other way?

[lagos]

You only have to drink that stuff if your cat scan is "with contrast". Mine was without and it was just like having an xray done. 5-10min and it was all over.

MRI is the one where they put you in a tube. You just lay there for close to an hour bored and try not to move, while the machine makes funny vibrating noises.

[TRD_Ian]

i had to have an MRI done for my back as i have scoliois, any who what a crappy experience, im not exsactly a small guy my shoulders are pretty wide so having to squeez in side this tiny tube wasnt real easy or enjoy able, the nurse was trying to do a 45 minute scan and we attempted the scan like 4 times. i never got it completed because of the dry air in the hospital, i have asthma and i weld for a living so that combined with dry air didnt go well, id get 3/4 threw the 45 minute scan and have to restart due to having a coughin fit....i hated it, but if your just getting ur head done it shouldnt be to bad

[njccmd2002]

dont worry, the scan is fast. They do them here where i work like a dime a dozen.

[jesterwr217]

cat scan went good it was really simple nothn to have to drink or take by IV either so that was good
now i find out the results at 430 tmrw
bum bum bummmm lol

[Stambo]

did you get to watch a movie? i did when i got mine, unless that was a mri

[jesterwr217]

did you get to watch a movie? i did when i got mine, unless that was a mri

it only took like 15 mins lol