who are you?? Is it BECAUSE we are BAND TO SLEEVE PEOPLE THAT : some of you had to drink "GASTROGAFFIN DYE " to see how it passed through the Sleeve BEFORE leaving

[JewelJ 29]

WHO ARE YOU? If this happened to you ? Tell us about it. I can put up with needles before you asked me to drink something. I would rather take a shot than you ask me to drink something that will make me Gag!!!! yuk!!! Than I thought. Maybe it is just Band people that have to do this.. They want to check to see if the Band left us with any damage, before they send us home. So give us a shout out if you went through this. We need to know. So we can get ready for the "shake MONSTER"... YUK, YUK....

JEWELJ

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I'm not a revision. This is a standard leak test for my surgeon. I did think I was going to vomit all over the machine, the nurse and the doctor.

[Amanda626 153]

Same for me as pretty.

[Poorehouse 18]

Omg y'all are cracking me up and freaking me outta the same time! LOL

How much are we going to have to drink, depending in that I would suggest ask if they have any that is cold and make sure it is mixed up good then try to choke it down. The long the contrast sits the more the medication in it sinks to the bottom and taste even worse.

As anyone done the dye test and FOUND a leak and if sooo what did they do the repair it.

Much love for you guys!

[kathp 81]

I had to drink it. It wasn't that bad. Surgery Monday. Test Tuesday in front of an XRay machine. And there was a bubble, so I had to do it again. But I passed, and then they let me DRINK! It's all a matter of degree. It's not like you didn't just have surgery that hurt, what's a little bad taste? You'd rather know it leaks before you leave!

[marfar7 1,528]

Omg y'all are cracking me up and freaking me outta the same time! LOL

How much are we going to have to drink, depending in that I would suggest ask if they have any that is cold and make sure it is mixed up good then try to choke it down. The long the contrast sits the more the medication in it sinks to the bottom and taste even worse.

As anyone done the dye test and FOUND a leak and if sooo what did they do the repair it.

Much love for you guys!

I had to drink 2 drinks (1 a Nyquil type drink - 2 sips - and the chalky barium stuff - just 1 gulp). As soon as I got back to my room they had to give me Zofran in my IV for the nausea, the only time I got it. My dr was there waiting for me to look at my leak test on the computer thats always planted in my room (wow, hospitals sure have changed since I was a nurse in 1990-1999) and I couldn't even talk to him for about 15 minutes till the meds kicked in.

I think everyone gets the leak test. It's not looking for lapband damage, it's looking for staple line leaks.