I hate it when people post just to post.....

[Gracey 7]

So, my banded buddies, are there any questions regarding this whole fill issue thing I need to be asking my surgeon?!?

My poor, poor Vols <sniff>

[*susan* 1,709]

Why I am sitting here past my bedtime watching "The Iron Chef"?

[Gracey 7]

Now that one I cannot answer - I've never made it through one of those episodes.

[Turler 6]

So, my banded buddies, are there any questions regarding this whole fill issue thing I need to be asking my surgeon?!?

My poor, poor Vols <sniff>

IMHO- make sure your surgeon does the fills under flouro every time! Mine does not. Actually, he never does unless there is some special issue. The only flouro I got was the day after banding. Maybe I wouldn't be dealing with all this if he would've used flouro to begin with!

He says he can feel my port just fine. I can see it (I don't carry a lot of my weight around my middle) and I feel it just fine. I don't understand why he's having trouble 'hitting' it.

~C

[Gracey 7]

I'm a medical novice - is "under fluoro" like when we got the upper GI's?

[Turler 6]

It means under a 'live' x-ray. They can watch the fill going in, the band inflating and they usually have you drink while they do it to see if it the band is tight enough. They can get better adjustments that way.

(Upper GI can mean either an X-ray or an EGD (scope down the throat) so I don't want to assume which one you might have meant)

~C

[Gracey 7]

See...novice! Mine was the swallowing the liquid while standing with the x-ray thing. Then the "table" behind me went from vertical to horizontal where they had my big ass flopping around like a damn fish out of Water. Turn, don't breathe, another 180, don't breathe....lie on your stomach and suck this diluted stuff down - quick quick quick! Good damn grief, can this be a tad better organized!?! If it weren't so doggone embarrassing, it would've been comical.

[Turler 6]

See...novice! Mine was the swallowing the liquid while standing with the x-ray thing. Then the "table" behind me went from vertical to horizontal where they had my big ass flopping around like a damn fish out of Water. Turn, don't breathe, another 180, don't breathe....lie on your stomach and suck this diluted stuff down - quick quick quick! Good damn grief, can this be a tad better organized!?! If it weren't so doggone embarrassing, it would've been comical.

LOL WOW, I'm not familiar with that test! I have this visual right now that is making me laugh...probably not quite what the test is, but the way you describe it is hilarious!

[Gracey 7]

OK grr, I just lost my paragraph...

I'm glad I was entertaining! It was precious, lemme tell ya. And of course the gown was a tad small - awesome! So then they put the "table" vertical again so you're trying to make sure not to get some kind of burn or make some squeaking noise as you slide down the table. What would they have done if I had some kind of handicap or was much older? There's no way my grandmother could've been spinning around like a pig on a spit!

In order to try to hide my mortification, I was cracking all kinds of jokes so at least I had the 2 women in there laughing. So much for modesty.

[Turler 6]

OK grr, I just lost my paragraph...

I'm glad I was entertaining! It was precious, lemme tell ya. And of course the gown was a tad small - awesome! So then they put the "table" vertical again so you're trying to make sure not to get some kind of burn or make some squeaking noise as you slide down the table. What would they have done if I had some kind of handicap or was much older? There's no way my grandmother could've been spinning around like a pig on a spit!

In order to try to hide my mortification, I was cracking all kinds of jokes so at least I had the 2 women in there laughing. So much for modesty.

Your killin' me! I'm totally gonna ask about this test at work. I've never heard of this! So are ya strapped down? Just hanging on? And why would you be on your stomach with your arse hanging out trying to drink stuff??? :embaressed_smile:

[Gracey 7]

Girl, once you find out, you can then tell me! I started standing up and drinking the thick vanilla stuff while the chick was taking pics. So then she tells me to lean against the back and they flip a switch to make the "table" horizontal. And heck no I wasn't strapped down; I was being requested to flop around like a fish, remember!?! :embaressed_smile:

Literally, I would bet that I made 6-8 full 360's on that damn table. Oh and she wouldn't give me any heads up before the "don't breathe" command. Try exhaling and then holding you breath - you feel like you're going to faint!

But yes, her assistant came up with that cup of thinned whatever while I was on my stomach. OK lie there and drink this (through a straw) as quickly as you can. Drink drink drink! All the while I'm thinking, "Lord, please help me not pimp slap these two!"

They laughingly call it the "table aerobics." I said, "uh hello, if I did aerobics, I wouldn't need a damn lapband!"

[MacMadame 81]

Your killin' me! I'm totally gonna ask about this test at work. I've never heard of this!

That's how my upper GI went. Well, I didn't go 360 on the table. The guy did shake my hips at one point. Okay...

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That's how my upper GI went. Well, I didn't go 360 on the table. The guy did shake my hips at one point. Okay...

My upper GI went quite the same except at one point, I told them I was going to gag (they didn't thin my barium at all). They handed me this handy barf bag and jumped back. It would have been rather hard for me to barf in the bag since I was still squashed between the table and the xray machine. There was no way I was going to be able to move my arms to hold the barf bag below my mouth. I guess that is the reason they moved back....hmmmm

[tapshoes 2]

SNT - Thanks for my Sunday giggle and guffaw!!

Posting because the first cup of coffee in the morning always tastes the best!

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SNT -

Posting because the first cup of coffee in the morning always tastes the best!

Yes, the 1st cup is always good.:embaressed_smile:

Posting to say, today is such a beautiful day.