If you had the breath test for H Pylori done (breathe into a bag, drink a liquid or chew a tablet given to you, then breathe into a bag again), where did you have it done?

I took my prescription for lab work to my hospital and they did all my blood work and urinalysis but they said the breath test is done with a physician, since I need to be given either a carbon tablet or liquid. My surgeon said that's not true.

Feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. I've already missed so much work for 12 appointments so far, with at least another 10 to go. I really don't want to waste any more time trying unsuccessfully to have this single lab test collected. Any advice is very much appreciated!!

21 minutes ago, kitty1392 said:

If you had the breath test for H Pylori done (breathe into a bag, drink a liquid or chew a tablet given to you, then breathe into a bag again), where did you have it done?

I took my prescription for lab work to my hospital and they did all my blood work and urinalysis but they said the breath test is done with a physician, since I need to be given either a carbon tablet or liquid. My surgeon said that's not true.

Feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. I've already missed so much work for 12 appointments so far, with at least another 10 to go. I really don't want to waste any more time trying unsuccessfully to have this single lab test collected. Any advice is very much appreciated!!

I know exactly what you're talking about! My surgeon gave me my lab work to be done, and it included the breath test. I never heard of the breath test. I just thought I had to go to any lab.

Thinking I could save time by seeing a clinic associated with my hospital, I set out to get my lab work this morning. I did not realize that not all labs did the breath test.

I tried three different labs, only to be told they don't do the breath test. So I drove directly to my hospital. Even there I was told it was a special lab, not the ordinary hospital's lab, so I had to go to a different building by the hospital.

Just call around first to save you time while you're starving to death. (Fasting)

I had to blow into this small bag. Then I was given a small amount of liquid to drink. Fifteen minutes later I had to blow into another small bag.

The drink was not bad at all, and it wasn't very much.

I did mine at lab crop ... quest diagnostic does it as well but labcorp u can schedule online for the breath test .... it's nasty btw