fluroscopies?

libertysuzanne · October 3, 2006

Hello All,

I have been given the day for my surgery with Dr Mignon in Chimay Belgium/france. Which reminds me I have to prganise hotel! DOH!

Anyway I digress my question is this...what is fluroscopie, the Dr did mention it, at that time I had slightly tuned out as I had already done all the research into lap banding and he was going over it again. So by the time I realised that I had no idea of what fluroscopie is, I was out of the door and looking for a taxi!. :faint:

I know it has something to do with the fill but what exactly???.

KariK · October 3, 2006

They have you drink a liquid that shows up on an x-ray while you drink it. That way they can see if enough liquid is able to pass through your band so that you are not over tight. Its kind of like watching an xray movie.. hm that sounds kinky lol.

Also when they put the needle in your port they can see where exactly the port is at..less poking around. A much safer fill.

libra · October 3, 2006

It's not bad. Pretty painless. Although the fluoro tastes like crap!! LOL!! It's a more precise way to get a fill.

libertysuzanne · October 4, 2006

Thanks Guys!

That made things a lot clearer.

I hope it doesn't taste to bad! I have a horrible habit of vomitting if I can't stand the taste or smell of something. Thankfully that doesn't happen very often.

I have images of walking around glowing he he

Still got to get the hotel sorted DOH!:grouphug: