Hello!
Yesterday I had an MRI of the cervical and thoracic spinal canal. Everything was fine until the contrast was administered. It turned out that I have a severe allergic reaction - I'M SHOCKED! it was not my first MRI with contrast, the same preparation was always administered in the same dose.
I got a swollen throat, hoarseness, had problems with swallowing and huge allergic reactions all over my body. Several doctors and nurses flocked in, it was "active". The doctor said that if my life is nice to me, I will never get contrast again, because the next adventure may end with teleportation to another dimension. The strangest thing about all this is that (probably due to the drop in blood pressure), I was extremely calm and even laughed about it all, especially those blisters on my body that were huge and popped up like mushrooms after rain. The nurses undressed me and looked at me in horror - I gave them quite a fright. I had to wait several hours in the ER for everything to go down. I have hoarseness to this day.
They marked on my file that I was highly allergic to contrast enhancements and had everyone say, even to the dentist, that I had a severe anaphylactic reaction. As soon as my throat let go, they told me to drink lime with warm water, 2 liters of fluids, preferably warm, and told me to return home by taxi
(my husband was at work, he could not be with me for the examination). Now I am waiting for the description of the exam to be sent, it is supposed to be in a few days, but due to the fact that it is the pre-Christmas period (a very hot and nervous period in Poland), it may be extended.
Today I feel extremely tired, my throat is still swollen and I have hoarseness, but the body has stopped itching and the blisters have disappeared. At night I slept intermittently, but I think it was from emotions and maybe from the drugs they gave me...