All done my upper GI! It was all that I thought it would be...nauseating!!! Anyway! That's it! Pre-op then my surgery!!!!! Thank God! He made it possible! I'm really nervous now. Not about the surgery but the anesthsia has me on edge !!

did you have your Endoscopy done yet?? The knock you out for that..

Nope! My Doc only wanted the upper GI. Thank goodness because I heard some unpleasant stories about the endoscop!

I did my upper GI last Friday. The barium was nasty but it was really cool seeing the pictures inside of my body. I am not looking forward to doing the Upper GI after the surgery though.

Congrats! I didn't have to have an endo either. Which I'm thankful for!

OH MY WORD!! I'm scheduling that appointment as I type!!

Yes first of all they give you this drink called " fizzies" once I drank it, it showed up on the screen as this big air bubble ! They want the air bubble I guess to get a better look at everything. Then the nasty chalky drank! It's really cool to see everything traveling down your digestive track.

I thought an upper GI and endoscopy were one in the same...they called it an upper GI, anyway. I went last week, IV, then gargled with lidocaine (nasty) and was given some anesthesia so I slept through the procedure... Sounds like a totally different procedure!?! I wonder why doctors use these different techniques and does one provide much more information than another? My results were normal except for some irritation that they found. They said that I could take Prilosec but I don't have any symptoms of reflux... Hoping that this is not an issue moving forward. I'm all done except for my psych evaluation so my fingers are crossed!!!

Yes it it two different test. I made a mistake and scheduled for endo thinking it was the same as upper GI until I called my surgeons office and was informed that I didn't need an endo. I believe some surgeons require different things.