I had my upper GI this morning. I nearly puked on the radiologist. It was horrible! They didn't want me burping the fizzy stuff, but I was gagging so much on the barium that every time I gagged, I'd burp. They finally let me stop drinking the barium because I wasn't able to force any more down. They were wanting me to gulp it, but I was barely able to drink it in small sips. Think slightly thinned cake batter for the consistency of the stuff. I think I probably would have puked if I had had to drink more of it. By the time they finally finished saying "gulp it!" to me, I was ready to say "YOU gulp it, asshole!"

I felt like a dog when I they were doing it, too, the way the kept ordering me around. Turn on your right side. Turn on your left side. Roll over on your belly. Roll over all the way.

Wow.. so sorry you went thru that! I didn't have to have that thank God.. I just had an endoscopy and that was cake.. I was so drugged they could have paraded me around in a penguin costume with my butt hanging out and I wouldnt have cared! I remember gagging once or twice but nothing major.. then it was over..

~Donnamarie~