So the Beast and I get up at 6am to get to the hospital by 7am. I couldn't even have a drink of water or any coffee. *Sigh* But we got to the hospital a little early but it worked out okay. I got called in a bit early. Good thing since the whole test took me until 10:30am.
I got the injection through a port they had put into my arm and they told me of possible side effects...i.e. shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, nausea, and headache. FYI..I didn't have any of these. But what it DID do to me was much worse. I had a bout of IBS-D. I was almost done with the 12-lead cardiogram when it hit me. The doctor that was there taking my blood pressure every 5 minutes (It started off high but then went down to what was normal for me) was very sympathetic when I told him what had happened and so were the nurses. The doctor told me that the medicine I had been given was responsible for that and he told me how sorry he was because they hadn't known.
One of the nurses went and got me a pair of scrubs, a towel and a washcloth. They knew that my underwear and my jeans wouldn't be wearable. I cleaned up after emptying my bowels in the bathroom and then had the last part of the test (pictures of my heart by a machine that circled my body).
I had been given two bottles of water AND some peanut butter crackers by the nurses by this time. I headed outside and called the Beast to tell him come and get me and bring a towel for me to sit on....just in case. But, once I got home and was able to take my medication for the IBS-D, I didn't have another *episode*. I showered and then redressed since I had to go to the store for some supplies I needed and then put the chickens away for the night. All this running around took place after lunch and a nap, of course. BTW, today was a 10 egg day. We now have 4-1/2 dozen eggs in the fridge. LOL!
The Beast came home from church around 9:30pm, asked me if I had remembered to put the chickens away and how many eggs did I gather. I told him and, after he had his hot chocolate, he went to bed. Since I had napped, I stayed up and watched some of the *Planet* documentaries on BBCA. I've checked my email, changed into pajamas, and am going to play my game until I am tired. It has a tendency to make me very tired when I am up late and feel just a little tired.
Love you all. Be good. Be kind to everyone, even if they are not. We all have issues we are dealing with that no one knows. ***Hugs***
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