I had an abdominal & pelvic CT. The procedure itself isn't too bad - you have to drink alot of barium prior to the test (I just plugged my nose & chugged it!). They put you in a machine that is basically a large ring around your abdomen and an IV is given to you for contrast - it helps the barium stand out on the test (at least thats how it was explained to me).
Once that is done they take their pictures, ask you to drink a small cup of liquid and take more pictures (it doesn't take too long) and ask you to wait a little while after the test to make sure you don't have an allergic reaction to the barium.
I had a lot of pain and D (I'm IBS-A) after the test but at that time I had no idea I had IBS. Looking back I would have taken Tylenol, an anti-spasmoditic, and a SFS immediately afterwords.
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