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I had my pre-op tests this morning!

I had the full schedule of fun- EKG, barium upper GI swallow thing, blood work, ultrasound, a urinalysis, and I even got a bag of stuff to take home so I can bring them my poop to test.

I definirely made the radiologists life a lor more interesting while we were doing the barium test. It was the doctor and two technicians, and while I was going from the standing test to the sitting test I looked at the radiograph of my esophagus that was up on their chart. I was tired and cranky because I had to fast for all these tests and I was already on the liquid diet, so before I knew it I was pointing out that the thing on the screen looked like a penis (it even had shadowy spheres that looked like testicles at the base). They were flabbergasted, the doctor was literally speechless. One of the techs says “we’ve never had anyone say that before.” Well am I wrong? No answer, I swallowed more gross barium, and we all went our ways with a little more humor in the day.

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  • So what you're saying is. You took a test to see how well you could swallow and It looked like your throat had a penis in it? So what's the problem? ?

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Hahaha that's awesome. They didn't ask me to do an upper GI test.

Nothing like pooping in a plastic hat, though. Fun times.

I just had to do blood work (yesterday) ...no other tests fortunately! That's funny though :rolleyes:

Good luck!

So were you hangry or was something else on your mind? Hmmmmmm

Come on Confess, J Sen and I will understand, you're among friends here!
Come on Confess, J San and I will understand, you're among friends here!
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So what you're saying is. You took a test to see how well you could swallow and It looked like your throat had a penis in it? So what's the problem? ?

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