Upper GI - Not so bad.

[nkara 0]

I had this test on Friday. I was soooo nervous :cursing:

What made this extremely difficult is I hate drinking medicine so I was very nervous and anxious about doing this test. I also worked night shift prior to the 10:00 am appointment. So I was at work not able to eat or drink anything from 12:00 pm to the test.

I got to the doctor and waited and waited and waited... lol but then they finally took me in. The doctor told me to drink the "fizzy stuff" no burping. It was gross! Kinda like gross tasting pop rocks. Then I had to drink the thick barium slowly as he took the pictures... Once that was done he lied down the table with me on it and I had to roll around to coat my stomach for more pictures.. Then I took 2 sips of the thin barium and it was done.

I passed! I don't have any functioning problems. Next up is my nutrition eval, pulmonary test and sleep study! I can't wait to get this all done and have surgery.

I actually have 2 of my neighbors looking into having it done as well. It will be a lapband neighborhood! lol

:thumbup:

[Brockbabe82 0]

Glad everything went well. Wishing you a fast and easy rest of your journey!

[Eliyah 0]

I have to take this test soon as well wonder how bad the stuff taste.:smile:

[nkara 0]

It really wasn't that bad. I had to drink 3 things. The first was a fizzy mixture. That was kinda like alka seltzer. The second was a thick barium. The consistancy was very very thick and tasted kinda chalky. The last was a thinner barium that didn't really taste like much.

All in all I was pleasantly surprised about the test.

Good luck to you on your day!