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October 25, 2014

Drinking Barium: Tips for Your CT Scan With Contrast

Time for a CT Scan? No worries: they’re relatively simple. Not nearly as scary as laying in a giant MRI machine or as invasive as an esophageal manometry or other orifice probing tests. However, it does come with one big snag…

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Article by Leah Holstein / Diagnostic Experiences, Hospital Experiences / barium, CT scan, GI Issues, needles

October 9, 2014

Dining out with Dietary Restrictions


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Article by Leah Holstein / Diets & Nutrition, Everyday Life, Treatments / allergy, autoimmune, celiac disease, diabetes, dietary restrictions, digestive disorder, dining out, gastroparesis, gluten intolerance, IBS

October 6, 2014

Boobbombs and Faceplants: My Adventures with Tramadol at my Friend’s Wedding

Let me tell you the story of when I was high as a kite while in my friend’s wedding.

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It wasn’t on purpose, mind you. Not like we all smoked a big bag of dope before the ceremony.

Although tequila shots were had by some. Not me — I can’t drink alcohol. 

But I was on a pill called tramadol for the first time and it had an…inconvenient effect on me. [Read more…]

Article by Leah Holstein / Chicken Soup for the Spoonie Soul / gastroparesis, tramadol

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