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CT SCAN - Tummy for Bowel Cancer

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Salsa8680 Sun 27-Oct-24 19:31:24

CT Scan - Bowel
I was given a clearing medicine called 'Gastrogafin,' It made me really very sick and it did not clear my bowel at all.

My appointment was cancelled and a new appointment was arranged.

I was then given Movicol which did the trick and arrived for the scan. They were going to inject me with a contrast agent to aid clearer scan.

However I discovered that the contrast agent / dye was in common with gastrogafin properties.

So I declined at the last minute not to have this agent injected as was really worried about the potential effect.

Has anyone else had experience of this ??

NotSpaghetti Thu 14-Nov-24 21:02:46

Sorry no, but Movicol I think is common to clear the bowel