GI xray

Subject: GI xray June 19th 2008, 12:46 am

i'm having an upper GI xray done on friday. has anyone had this done? i can't eat anything from midnight the night before, and i have to swallow some kind of liquid once i get there. i had this scheduled last month when i was considering having another surgery, and i figure i might as well just go ahead w/ it even though i'm feeling decent now. i'd asked my dr for the referral back when i was freaked out about having crohns. i have no symptoms at all, but i'm still worried they'll find something. i'm a typical paranoid fissure-sufferer. lol. Rolling Eyes

anyone have any info about this procedure?

Subject: Re: GI xray June 19th 2008, 1:43 am

Juney -

I have never had this done, but good luck. When I worked in the hospital, patients would tell me how nasty the contrast was to drink. I hope you have a strong stomach! Smile

Good luck! I am sure everything will go smoothly!

Jen

Subject: Re: GI xray June 19th 2008, 7:57 am

Hi Juney

,
I had to drink the stuff before my surgery last summer. It is a little nasty but it all stayed down. Make sure to drink lots of water afterwards to flush the stuff out of your body.

I thought the golytly (Ha! lol flag

) was much worse for me.

Jo

Subject: Re: GI xray June 19th 2008, 8:44 am

Golightly is terrible! It was coming out of both end when I was drinking that! Smile

Jo - That picture is so funny! My baby always walks around and says "llama". It was one of his first words - he has a llama stuffed animal! Smile

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Juney,

I guess I might be considered an expert as I have had my upper GI tract x-rayed three times over a period of years/decades. The last time was over 15 years ago because of intense upper stomach pain , and I was convinced at that time I had gall stones/a gallbladder prob. (I didn't) I have never had a prob drinking the substance in fact it felt soothing at the time(s) to my tummy. Did cause me constipation coming out, however. My last x-ray was so long ago that they are possibly even using something better to drink. Good luck and let us know how it goes. In the vast array of GI procedures, I would consider it a very easy test.

Cheryl

Subject: Re: GI xray June 19th 2008, 9:55 am

Hi Jen,
Yes the Golightly is terrible, it was coming up one end and going out the other for me also! Yuk! I had to do it again in February and it stayed down because I started much earlier in the day and drank it much slower than they said. That helped. I also sucked on jolly rancher candies every time I took a drink, that definitely helped me get through it.

I really thought the barium stuff tasted better than the golightly.

Thanks Jen. Babies are so adorable, Llama sounds like Mama, did he say Mama Razz

too? I miss having a baby in the house. How old is he?

Jo

Subject: Re: GI xray June 19th 2008, 10:47 am

thanks guys! i'm convinced that it's gonna be pretty simple. i'll make sure to drink tons of water or double up on the MOM so i don't have any problems w/ it going thru my system. i'm having it done at 8am so luckily i don't have long to wait to eat and drink Very Happy

Subject: Re: GI xray June 19th 2008, 11:10 pm

Good luck Juney!!! Keep us posted how it went ! flower

Subject: Re: GI xray June 19th 2008, 11:38 pm

Juney - GOOD LUCK ole

I am sure everything will be fine. I am so excited that you have been feeling great lately. Keep us posted!

Jo - Jolly ranchers - What an awsome idea! I will have to keep that in mind for the next time I have a colonoscopy. I hope I am blessed with good health and don't have to have another one until I am 50 (I think thats when its recomended). So in the meantime, I hope they can invent better tasting stuff in the next 20+ years.

My baby is 17 months old. I always know how old my fissure is too since they are the same age! He says mama too, but he knows the difference between llama and mama. I will tell him to bring me his llama and he gets his stuffed llama for me - too cute! :adorable:

How are you doing lately? Are you pain free yet hopefully? :snn:

Jen

Subject: Re: GI xray June 20th 2008, 5:40 am

Goodluck today Juney Smile

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Subject: Re: GI xray June 20th 2008, 6:46 am

I to have had a upper GI xray. I had it in 2003 when the doctors maybe thought I had Chrons. Be sure to drink alot of water afterwards.

Good luck Smile

Subject: Re: GI xray June 20th 2008, 10:08 am

i'm almost off to the appt...and i'm starving already! haha. unfortunately they won't tell me the results right there, i'll have to wait and call my dr next week. that's nerve wracking, but i'm not expecting bad results so hopefully i can make it thru the weekend. thanks for the well wishes all!! bouncing hearts

Subject: Re: GI xray June 20th 2008, 1:28 pm

ok i'm back already. it took just under 2 hours for the whole procedure, upper GI and small bowel. the chalky stuff was so nasty and there was soooo much of it but i kept it down and it flowed thru right on schedule for them to get all the pics they needed. as soon as i got home, 20 min ago it all came out. plain white diahhrea!! it was so weird! i'm gonna drink a ton of water today, but hopefully most of it's already out of my system. i can call for results in about a week. fingers crossed til then Smile

Subject: Re: GI xray June 20th 2008, 3:14 pm

I am so glad that you are done with it cheers

- now you can relax and I am sure that results will be good sunny

!!!

How is your butty doing ??? I hope great !

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Now you don't have to worry about being constipated. I think my son had to drink a similar substance for his "small bowel follow through," which is what I think you had. I forgot that he had that test two times within the last couple of years.