Swanton_Bomb

Thanks for your replies. Well, at least it is only once more. Hopefully from not so many positions....the laying on my stomach drinking out of that huge straw was the worst. One barium test down, one to go. Onwards to the sleep study tomorrow night.

Two more things I can check off my list. I got the abdominal sonogram today and the upper GI series. The sonogram wasn't too awful, but I was very self conscious with my huge stomach all exposed and it was painful when she pressed into my ribs (although I have had WAY worse sonograms, this tech was very good). The Upper GI though, was bad. I almost threw up, especially when I had to drink fast from that big straw while laying on my stomach. I tried so hard but I kept gagging. It was a miracle I didn't throw up. Will I have to do the barium again after surgery? If so, can they give you anti-nausea meds to keep from gagging so badly?

Thank you for your replies. It is a little confusing sometimes, you hear about stretching out your pouch and only drinking a little bit, but there just aren't enough hours in the day to get in all your fluid. To be honest though, I'm pre-surgery and I don't think I usually come even close to 8 glasses a day.

Hi, I'm in the middle of the pre-approval process and have a question. How can you drink 8 glasses of water a day if you can only drink 4oz. at a time? Is that only at the beginning, can you drink more later? Also, what about protein shakes, do you just drink 4oz. at a time? Thanks in advance for advice!