Apparently not horribly ill

So, yesterday I went to get a CT scan of my abdomen to find out why I have this persistent pressure/pain in my lower abdomen, which I think ultimately will turn out to be IBS. They gave me a big tumbler of x-ray dye to drink. It was sort of lemonade-flavored, the hint of a gag-inducing aftertaste. The good thing is it was cold and I was thirsty, so I sucked it down in about five minutes (they tell you to drink it all within ten minutes).

Overall, not too horrible. By far the best part was that, because I am an "emergent" case--which means they worked me into the schedule for the scan and my pain is recent--they took my film to the radiologist immediately to make sure I didn't need to be admitted to the hospital. I didn't get any results beyond "you can go"; the full diagnosis comes Tuesday after my doctor sees the results. Still, I feel that given the decision tree of hospital vs. no, it's encouraging that I got the latter option.