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Just had my Upper G.I. test and that GERD test was horrible, lol!

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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.

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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!!!

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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!!!

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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 ;-)

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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!

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Girl, it took everything in me to keep from throwing up!!!

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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!!!!

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They put me under conscious sedation to do my endoscopy and I never even knew what was going on. Shame on your doctor!

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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????

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