Hey Everyone,

So after seeing the surgeon (finally) he wants me to an Upper GI and my appointments is set for next Thursday. Does anyone know what the Upper GI consists of? Is it painful? Lol I am a little nervous

Thanks guys:)

no its not painful they will have u drink some crystle that will help blow up ur tummy and whatever else they need to get a picture of and then you will need to some barium which is pretty chalky tasting and feels really heavy when they hand it to you. the tech. will tell you to take a few gulps and keep it down while they take pictures. its painless but nasty to drink and i have bad gag reflexes so its hard to keep the barium down. u will be fine ive had at least 2-3 done in the past 2-3 years.

head one yesterday.. not painful but I'm still burping. the made me swallow little crystals to expand my stomach. not bad though at all

no its not painful they will have u drink some crystle that will help blow up ur tummy and whatever else they need to get a picture of and then you will need to some barium which is pretty chalky tasting and feels really heavy when they hand it to you. the tech. will tell you to take a few gulps and keep it down while they take pictures. its painless but nasty to drink and i have bad gag reflexes so its hard to keep the barium down. u will be fine ive had at least 2-3 done in the past 2-3 years.

Oh ok thanks...that makes me feel better

head one yesterday.. not painful but I'm still burping. the made me swallow little crystals to expand my stomach. not bad though at all

Oh yeah I have heard about the burping lol

It was nasty. It has the consistency of wet cement and glue. I had mine Wednesday and my diarrhea just stopped this morning. They said it would cause constipation but not for me. And they told me I could go right back to work. I went back to work and felt so bad I had to go home. Not nauseous, just sick to my stomach. Good news is that I haven't been hungry and I lost 2 pounds. Good luck, it doesn't bother most people, I'm just some kind of special.

TMI???? White poop. HA!!!!

white poop for me too but I didn't lose any weight. must be nice...

They did mine right after they put me under and before they sleeved me... Not one issue..

I didn't have to take or drink anything for my upper GI. I chose to have mine with anesthesia so I went to the hospital, they hooked up my IV, sprayed nasal spray that numbed my nasal passage and throat, then put me under. After that, they just put a scope down my throat and the doc looked at whatever he needed to. All in all, I was only out for about 30 minutes and woke up in recovery with no problems. I guess every doc does them a little different.

My upper GI is set for 10/15 @10am. They said I'd be put under conscious sedation (2 drugs but I can't remember which), no mention of barium. I took the whole day off work. It's the part of this journey that's freaking me out the most, next to the actual surgery. I'm not a big fan of "procedures" lol

that sounds like an endoscopy where they put the scope down your throat. I only had the barium swallow test. It's just an x-ray while you drink stuff so they can see how it goes down.

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I wouldnt like that too much either, how did you do??

I don't think you can have an upper GI done while asleep because you need to stand upright and swallow the barium. But...i could be wrong! It does sound like two diff procedures, both of which I had pre-op.

The sedation is Versed. Pronounced ver said. You won't remember a thing. Only issue I had was it does burn a little going into the IV.

Good luck everyone!

My upper GI is set for 10/15 @10am. They said I'd be put under conscious sedation (2 drugs but I can't remember which), no mention of barium. I took the whole day off work. It's the part of this journey that's freaking me out the most, next to the actual surgery. I'm not a big fan of "procedures" lol

That must be an endoscopy

That must be an endoscopy

It will be an endoscopy then and really, you won't feel a thing. I have a had a few including one in which a JG tube was placed because of my leak. I didn't have any trouble after the procedure.

The xray with barium is actually called a barium swallow. It can be done with barium and/or a contrast dye. It is used to check for leaks typically after surgery, but is occasionally done to check for other gastric issues like delayed gastric emptying, gerd, etc. I had many of these done in the last couple of weeks due to the leak.

upper gi's are often done to check for reflux related damage to your system. Some docs do them routinely, some if indicated by a patient's symptom, and then the rest are often done after to fix a leak. Really they are painless since you are asleep.