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Originally Posted by Motors Mommy
I went to see the family physician with horrible bone pain. It sort of felt like my bones were exploding from the inside out. (ha..that makes sense).
She then ordered a cat scan with and without contrast. she told me to use OTC for the pain and we'd meet back in a week.
????????HUH??????????????
Im now fighting with the imagining idiots about what with and without contrast means.
Has anyone had to drink barium? Is it nasty? I have a gag reflex....and not happy about this.
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The bone pain
could be spasticity. There are various descriptions of pain associated with spasticity, and a "cold to the bones ache", and/or a feeling like the "meat is being ripped off the bones" are two descriptions I've experienced (and/or heard others talk about).
A CT scan is the best tool for:
"diagnose abnormalities of the spine, and of the bones and joints in addition to abnormalities of the abdomen, pelvis or head. CT provides highly detailed information about bony structures, joints, soft tissue structures, and soft tissue calcifications. At Hospital for Special Surgery, special protocols are used for detailed imaging of the spine, the pelvis, the hips, the shoulders, and the bones and joints of the extremities. CT is used to gain additional detailed information after myelograms, discograms, and after selected types of arthrograms. CT is also used to guide procedures such as biopsies, aspirations of fluid collections, to guide facet joint injections and nerve root blocks."
http://www.imaginghss.org/patient-in...xamination.htm
My recollection is that some conditions are best viewed with contrast, and others without. So, I guess she is covering all her bases at one time . . .
Barium was no big deal at all for me.
Cherie
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