islandgirl

Hello all. After being so worried about the HIDA scan and waiting several weeks to have it done I finally had it this morning and it's over. Let me say for me, even though I was shaking like a leaf in the wind from so much anxiety, the experience was a very tolerable one. It helps that I had an excellent technician. Here's how it went. First I lay on my back on the table, the technician started an IV line (small ***** nothing major). She then positioned the machine over my abdominal area and injected a chemical. I felt nothing at all when the chemical entered my body. My mouth seemed a little dry but I think that was from the anxiety. Immediately after the chemical entered my body she began taking scans every five minutes for an hour. I just lay there, on my back, with absolutely no pain. Then when the hour was up, she injected another chemical very slowly. Within seconds I felt nauseaus and a bloated pressure in the area of the gallbladder and then some very mild cramping. The nausea disappeared in under a minute and the mild cramping last only a few minutes but trust me when I tell you it was very minor cramping. The tech told me that was the worst of it and the scans continued for another thirty minutes. And it was over. I thank God for helping me through the procedure and I pray everyone who has to take a HIDA scan has a good experience as I did. The technician was really great and that helped a lot. I get my results next week.