March 18, 201313 yr Oh yuck, I have to call and make my appointment. I overloaded myself with other appointments so I was waiting to finish most of them before moving on.
March 18, 201313 yr The Barium Sulfate was pretty yucky but not as bad as I thought it was going 2 be! I guess it helped that I only took a sip when instructed!!!
March 18, 201313 yr Author The Barium Sulfate was pretty yucky but not as bad as I thought it was going 2 be! I guess it helped that I only took a sip when instructed!!! You got off easy, I tried that but the doctor made me drink more!!!
March 18, 201313 yr Author Oh yuck' date=' I have to call and make my appointment. I overloaded myself with other appointments so I was waiting to finish most of them before moving on.[/quote'] Lol, that stuff is yucky, it has the consistency of wet chalk! But it's over before you know it! So, don't let my drama scare you!!! Lol
March 18, 201313 yr Yes VivaDiva the doctor only required me to drink as prompted! If I had to consume a big amount at one time, lets just say that the upper GI would have been over!
March 18, 201313 yr IKR!!! The doctor would say "take another sip" and I would sip it from the straw, hold it in my mouth then swallow! I don't know what's worst giving blood or drinking barium sulfate!!!!
March 18, 201313 yr They put me under conscious sedation to do my endoscopy and I never even knew what was going on. Shame on your doctor!
March 18, 201313 yr When I had test the day after surgery to make sure there were no leaks I felt like I had eaten a Thanksgiving dinner! lol. It is all worth it!
March 18, 201313 yr When I had test the day after surgery to make sure there were no leaks I felt like I had eaten a Thanksgiving dinner! lol. It is all worth it! Ugh. My experience was awful. Also a very full belly and I spent the next 24 hours either vomiting, or praying to vomit. The extreme nausea was so terrible.
March 18, 201313 yr Author Lol, the endoscopy is different than the one I took. Mine was only x-rays, they make u drink the liquid so ur stomach will show up on the picture!
March 18, 201313 yr My surgeon did endoscopy so if I had a hiatal hernia he could fix that at same time as sleeve. Also he likes to make sure the esophagus is healthy before the surgery. He is so thorough with his care that I have a lot of confidence in him.
March 18, 201313 yr An endoscopy is when they put a tube down with a camera to look at your stomach and esophagus. "scoped" Usually you have conscious sedation for it (I don't remember any of mine). I had one because of an esophageal structure, which was diagnosed by a barium swallow. A barium swallow or Upper GI series is different...that's where you drink the white stuff, sometimes it's thin, sometimes it's thick. It was chalky, but it's didn't taste too bad. Hope this helps with the confusion with the different terms. Sent from my iPhone using VST
March 18, 201313 yr An endoscopy is when they put a tube down with a camera to look at your stomach and esophagus. "scoped" Usually you have conscious sedation for it (I don't remember any of mine). I had one because of an esophageal structure' date=' which was diagnosed by a barium swallow. A barium swallow or Upper GI series is different...that's where you drink the white stuff, sometimes it's thin, sometimes it's thick. It was chalky, but it's didn't taste too bad. Hope this helps with the confusion with the different terms. Sent from my iPhone using VST[/quote'] My upper GI came back today and I now have to have an endoscopy. May I ask what exactly was going on with your esophageal structure and what it turned out to be after the endoscopy????
March 19, 201313 yr Heavendly, About 7 years ago, in the middle of my pregnancy, I developed terrible reflux. Around 28 weeks along I had worsening heartburn and was eating Rolaids like candy. I had sudden onset of chest pain and had a barium swallow. The pain was worse than anything I had ever experienced. On the barium swallow you could see the narrowing in my esophagus when I was sipping the contrast. Because I was pregnant they treated me with huge doses of Prilosec (20mg 4x/day). After I delivered I was fine, only to have it reappear in my next two pregnancies. And then a year ago I started to feel like a had a lump in my esophagus whenever I ate or drank anything. I talked to a GI guy who thought based on my history and symptoms that I needed an endoscopy and dilation. So, this was unrelated to any WLS..just a result of long term crappy eating. Oh, the culprit this last time was mint chocolate Protein bars. Turns out mint is very irritating to the gut. Edit...the barium swallow was only painful because of the stricture, not from the barium.
Just had my Upper G.I. test and that GERD test was horrible, lol!