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I have never had an upper Gi done and am getting one tomorrow. I have a feeling there is something wrong with either the port or band itself. Will the person doing the Gi discuss it with me or am I stuck not knowing for like a month until the surgeon can get me in? Will I see the scan as it is happening?

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they can tell right away it pretty neat to see your band in action

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I have never had one but I wouldn't expect the person doing the test will be able to tell you anything about it unless they are an MD.

While this is very frustrating, there are good reason's for this. When my son was 5 and had to have an ultrasound done on his kidneys the tech made a few comments that were not comforting. I mentioned this to his doctor who had me call the hospital and file a complaint. A few months and a couple of surgeries later he had one of his kidneys removed.

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Oh, well for me it would be like a colonoscopy - the person doing the scope would be my surgeon so he would come and see me and tell me right away.

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The tech can not legally tell u anything. U can request to see the monitor while they do it so maybe u can see if something looks super abnormal. If something is wrong ur doctor should get u in quick to let u know what needs to be done. I wouldn't think they would wait a month if something was wrong.

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When I got mine, the dr saw me the same day. They only order it if they suspect a problem therefore you should be seen right away.

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I had my barium swallow last week. It was easy except felt like I was drinking plaster of Paris. I was able to watch the barium go through my band and radiologist indicated it looked good. Mine were read one week later, but had an early hint all looked good. Good luck:)

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