Upper Gi

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That must be an endoscopy

It will be an endoscopy then and really, you won't feel a thing. I have a had a few including one in which a JG tube was placed because of my leak. I didn't have any trouble after the procedure.

The xray with barium is actually called a barium swallow. It can be done with barium and/or a contrast dye. It is used to check for leaks typically after surgery, but is occasionally done to check for other gastric issues like delayed gastric emptying, gerd, etc. I had many of these done in the last couple of weeks due to the leak.

upper gi's are often done to check for reflux related damage to your system. Some docs do them routinely, some if indicated by a patient's symptom, and then the rest are often done after to fix a leak. Really they are painless since you are asleep.