Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: more info. on CT scan

I'm sure there are people out there that know more, but I was told it would rule out ulcers and a whole bunch of other things. The next fun test in the Colonoscopy which I have in a few days.

Things might be done slightly different, but I had to drink 32 ounces of barium. I was given 2 packets to mix with water to drink the morning of. I did get a bit nauseous from it. By the time I got there, D was just starting to kick in. The tech wanted me to drink some more barium but I begged saying how nauseous I was and she just had me drink some water. The barium caused terrible D. I had to leave work after an hour. My doctor's office advised me to let it run it's course, if I possible could b/c it had the potential to harden if it stayed in my system. I think I was OK by the time I went to bed. I was told that this was a rare occurrence. Don't know if that's true or not. It's not worse than having a bad D attack, although I recovered quicker than I do from IBS attack. My doctor seemed to think it was very important. You may not have any problem at all.

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