All done my upper GI!

[Aleembran 27]

All done my upper GI! It was all that I thought it would be...nauseating!!! Anyway! That's it! Pre-op then my surgery!!!!! Thank God! He made it possible! I'm really nervous now. Not about the surgery but the anesthsia has me on edge !!

[Mammecan 43]

did you have your Endoscopy done yet?? The knock you out for that..

[Aleembran 27]

Nope! My Doc only wanted the upper GI. Thank goodness because I heard some unpleasant stories about the endoscop!

[endless80 697]

I did my upper GI last Friday. The barium was nasty but it was really cool seeing the pictures inside of my body. I am not looking forward to doing the Upper GI after the surgery though.

[2Big2Skate 328]

Congrats! I didn't have to have an endo either. Which I'm thankful for!

[READY4CHANGE2013 88]

OH MY WORD!! I'm scheduling that appointment as I type!!

[Aleembran 27]

Yes first of all they give you this drink called " fizzies" once I drank it, it showed up on the screen as this big air bubble ! They want the air bubble I guess to get a better look at everything. Then the nasty chalky drank! It's really cool to see everything traveling down your digestive track.

[LBD 121]

I thought an upper GI and endoscopy were one in the same...they called it an upper GI, anyway. I went last week, IV, then gargled with lidocaine (nasty) and was given some anesthesia so I slept through the procedure... Sounds like a totally different procedure!?! I wonder why doctors use these different techniques and does one provide much more information than another? My results were normal except for some irritation that they found. They said that I could take Prilosec but I don't have any symptoms of reflux... Hoping that this is not an issue moving forward. I'm all done except for my psych evaluation so my fingers are crossed!!!

[Aleembran 27]

Yes it it two different test. I made a mistake and scheduled for endo thinking it was the same as upper GI until I called my surgeons office and was informed that I didn't need an endo. I believe some surgeons require different things.