Hi everyone! I'm just wondering how many of your surgeons required a barium swallow after their surgery? If you had one, was it horrible? I can't imagine that it would be easy to keep that down after not eating or drinking for almost 24 hours!

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I had one. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't my favorite thing either. It wasn't as bad as a normal barium swallow. It was in real time and it was a very small amount. It was also the gateway to other liquids. It was so not a big deal.

I had one.Wasn't bad.

Just had mine this morning, wasn't bad

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My surgeon does a leak test during surgery. Maybe you will be lucky and not need the test after surgery.

It was no big deal. I watched it go from my stomach into my small intestines and go pretty far pretty fast. It made it easier for me to feel better about drinking Water constantly. I saw how fast it went down and know that my empty stomach can't actually "fill up" with water. It did taste terrible!

Banded 2010 weight:327

Sleeved 12/28/16 weight:253

CW: 230 GW: 155

Heather in Texas

I had too

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I did mine about 24 hours post op... 2 medium sized swallows of this crap that tasted like baby shampoo (not barium... this was a liquid the color of ginger ale but with no bubbles) and one swallow of Water and the test was done in less than 15 minutes.

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I had it. And it was horrible for me. The tech said I needed to drink the 4oz of liquid pretty quick but after just having surgery and only drinking 1/2 oz at a time, it hurt.

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I did mine about 24 hours post op... 2 medium sized swallows of this crap that tasted like baby shampoo (not barium... this was a liquid the color of ginger ale but with no bubbles) and one swallow of Water and the test was done in less than 15 minutes.

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It WAS baby shampoo! I was trying to figure out how to describe the taste! Perfect!

Banded 2010 weight:327

Sleeved 12/28/16 weight:253

CW: 230 GW: 155

Heather in Texas

They tried. I couldn't keep barium down..

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I had one! It wasn't great as that was the first fluid I had post op but it stayed down no problem. The hardest part for me was getting on the XRay table and moving around like they wanted less than 24 hours after surgery.