vascular compressions: another day. another test.
Last week I crossed another test off the list... well sort of. I went in to do an upper GI series with barium. She got me all situated with my gown, explained the process, and then went to get the radiologist to get things started. I'm not sure how long she was gone, but it felt like quite awhile. When she returned she explained that the radiologist thought it'd be better to do a different test entirely. They then reached out to my PCP to ask, but the order was from Oklahoma not her. So she informed me she was going to run all that information by the radiologist and he'd decide. I thought there was no way they'd just change the test on me, but I was wrong and they did. I was a bit perplexed on what to say, so I just followed their guidance and went with it. The nice part was I could change back into my clothes and I got moved to a room with a recliner. They decided I should do a CT Enterography, which is basically a CT scan with contrast dye and you also drink barium to...