kitmouse 53 Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Surgery yesterday, and my swallow test went perfectly this morning. My doctor says "you're maybe even a little ahead" (I've been doing laps around the nurses station). And who knew that chicken broth would taste this good?? And who knew that I'd be in a place where I hadn't eaten in 30 hours, and a few spoonfuls of broth were good to go? Who is this person? Just...WOW. I was really worried about eating so little food with that driving, desperate hunger. I get it now, though. Bye bye, Hungry Monster! Edited July 28, 2017 by kitmouse 2 RedOrangeSunrise and The reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The 147 Posted July 29, 2017 It's a walk in the park, hey? I felt a tremendous sense of relief and I think that was the best thing, the anxiety beforehand creeps up on you. Good luck, hope you're feeling as good as me! 1 Intrinsic_1 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabbee 53 Posted July 29, 2017 Yessss! Congratulations!I was sleeved yesterday and I'm also feeling like I'm in great shape. Up and walking around 2 hrs after waking up in recovery. Sent home 2 hrs later (no overnight stay unfortunately). Excuse my ignorance, but what is a swallow test? Ive heard it referenced here before, but don't know if I did it or not. The nurses did make sure i was sipping on Water and veggie broth without any issues. Was that a swallow test? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Intrinsic_1 46 Posted July 29, 2017 It's a walk in the park, hey? I felt a tremendous sense of relief and I think that was the best thing, the anxiety beforehand creeps up on you. Good luck, hope you're feeling as good as me!I'm ready for my walk[emoji2] Sent from my SM-N920V using BariatricPal mobile app 1 RedOrangeSunrise reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitmouse 53 Posted July 29, 2017 54 minutes ago, Gabbee said: Yessss! Congratulations! I was sleeved yesterday and I'm also feeling like I'm in great shape. Up and walking around 2 hrs after waking up in recovery. Sent home 2 hrs later (no overnight stay unfortunately). Excuse my ignorance, but what is a swallow test? Ive heard it referenced here before, but don't know if I did it or not. The nurses did make sure i was sipping on Water and veggie broth without any issues. Was that a swallow test? No, that wasn't. Basically you go to X-ray and they take baseline films, then you swallow contrast and they take more films. It's so they can see if your new pouch is leaking into your abdominal cavity. Q-bic (my pouch's new name, so called because it looked square in all the films) is fine and sealed and healthy! 3 insul817, RedOrangeSunrise and Gabbee reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabbee 53 Posted July 29, 2017 3 hours ago, kitmouse said: No, that wasn't. Basically you go to X-ray and they take baseline films, then you swallow contrast and they take more films. It's so they can see if your new pouch is leaking into your abdominal cavity. Q-bic (my pouch's new name, so called because it looked square in all the films) is fine and sealed and healthy! lol @ q-bic! Love it! Hmm, I definitely didn't have that done. When my anesthesiologist was describing the surgery to me beforehand, she did say the dr. would do a leak test at the end to make sure everything was ok. Is a swallow test pretty common? Now Im worried I didn't do one. And just realized Im on the bypass forum, not the sleeve forum, lol (it's hard to tell when you're using the mobile app). So maybe it's a bypass specific thing. I'll have to ask the doc! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitmouse 53 Posted July 29, 2017 Interesting. I have no idea! I'm sure you could call your surgeon and ask though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anigerm41 28 Posted July 29, 2017 I sleeved Wednesday, July 26 and I did not have a swallow test either.Sent from my LGLS992 using BariatricPal mobile app Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The 147 Posted July 29, 2017 The leak test, with blue dye, is also conducted in surgery where they can immediately resolve any leaks (apparently I had one!). 1 RedOrangeSunrise reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitmouse 53 Posted July 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, TheUnrealJohn said: The leak test, with blue dye, is also conducted in surgery where they can immediately resolve any leaks (apparently I had one!). Interesting indeed! Mine was a whole day later. Ugh, drinking contrast... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabbee 53 Posted July 30, 2017 Thanks for the clarity, friends! I'll ask the doc when I see him Wednesday. They might have told me at the hospital, I dont remember much! Lol, these meds are strong! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SleeveDreamer 383 Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) On 7/29/2017 at 3:45 AM, Gabbee said: Yessss! Congratulations! I was sleeved yesterday and I'm also feeling like I'm in great shape. Up and walking around 2 hrs after waking up in recovery. Sent home 2 hrs later (no overnight stay unfortunately). Excuse my ignorance, but what is a swallow test? Ive heard it referenced here before, but don't know if I did it or not. The nurses did make sure i was sipping on Water and veggie broth without any issues. Was that a swallow test? A swallow test is done by a doctor in the xray room. You swallow sips of barium contrast nd they watch it go down on the screen to see if you may have a leak. Edited August 1, 2017 by SleeveDreamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
