When I had the barium xray before my surgery, it made me so full and nauseated, I couldn't eat or barely drink for 4 days! Easy way to start the liquid diet I guess. I know my Dr. does fills with fluoro, so am I going to have to drink that stuff again? Forget the iritaion of the fill, I'm worried about the barium!

Michelle

Banded April 19, 2007

Sometimes the techs need to be reminded that we can't physically drink all that barium and can't drink the carbonated versions at all.

Sometimes they don't understand what we have and why we can't. They don't always get enough information. For example, they may have an order for an abdominal CT Scan to rule out an obstruction or an ulcer and the order may not tell them anywhere that the patient has a lap-band. And if the facility they work for hasn't done the education for them, that may not mean anything to them.