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flowerchild
flowerchild Member Posts: 6
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

Just thought I'd ask if anyone else has experienced this.

I went for a thallium stress test today - they started an IV and injected saline - I know this sounds stupid but I could taste it in the back of my throat and now I have a really sore throat.

When I was finished with chemo and had to have my port flushed every 4 weeks the same thing used to happen. I had the port removed in March.

Has anyone else ever had this?? I feel stupid because it doesn't make sense that I would taste something injected in my vein.

Any response would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bridget

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  • PSK07
    PSK07 Member Posts: 781
    edited October 2008

    Not the same thing, but I swear I can taste it when I get contrast for MRIs.  Weirdest feeling.

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  • djd
    djd Member Posts: 866
    edited October 2008

    Bridget - I think that "tasting" the saline is completely normal.   I have been having a lot of CT scans this year to watch an area on my ribs, and I always taste it in the back of my throat when they start the contrast port.  I haven't gotten a sore throat from it though.

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  • flowerchild
    flowerchild Member Posts: 6
    edited October 2008

    Thank you so much for the replies.

    It means alot to know I'm not insane (at least in this case).

    I felt stupid asking - but figured I was safe here. It's a relief to hear that others have had the same thing - it is such a weird feeling.

    Thanks,

    Bridget

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited October 2008

    The only silly questions are the ones never asked! 

    I hated being injected--I'm pretty  much a trooper, but I swear, the pain of that liquid was enough stress for me, let alone what it was supposed to do!

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  • easyquilts
    easyquilts Member Posts: 876
    edited October 2008

    I just had the same sttress test....I had  no reaction whatsoever to the saline....

    Sandy 

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  • BethNY
    BethNY Member Posts: 2,710
    edited October 2008

    It absolutely makes sense.  It used to happen to me all the time during chemo, and still happens any time I have an IV started. 

    I asked about it once, and they said it has to do with the direction the blood flows in your mouth.

    Thats why they say you should suck ice chips during Adriamycin-to reduce the nasty tase in your mouth.

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  • ADK
    ADK Member Posts: 2,259
    edited October 2008

    Every time I have an MRI, I can taste the contrast in my mouth.  It is the weirdest feeling, because the injection is done remotely, so I only know when it happens because of the taste in my mouth - I don't really feel it going into my arm.

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  • NancyD
    NancyD Member Posts: 3,562
    edited October 2008

    I used to notice this whenever I got a general anesthetic. They'd start the line and have me start counting backwards and instead I'd mention the funny taste in my mouth. I'd always mention it in case it was a bad reaction and they needed to know before I went under.

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  • Bugs
    Bugs Member Posts: 1,719
    edited October 2008

    Yes, I had that taste when they would flush my port.  The onc nurses would tell me to suck on candy or sniff a tea bag while they were flushing and that helped.  However, now I can't drink certain teas because the smell gags me.

    Bugs

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