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I had a barium meal and follow thorugh yesterday. Pretty straight forward. I turned up, they gave me 2 cartons of barium to drink (4 plastic cupfulls0. Didn't taste great but wasn't too bad either. had an x-ray 30 mins later to see how far the barium was through my system. Had another x-ray...

Well guys, had the barium meal today. All went well, 2 x-rays and then the screening. Doctor said he couldn't see anything obviously wrong but he will have a closer look and report his findings to my doc. All being well, should get the results in 7 - 10 days.

Hi Beth, Yeah, had my blood sugar checked, just the once. Also thought of diabetes myself, so I bought some dipsticks to test at home for diaetes and also ketones as I was told I had all the symptoms of possible diabetic ketoacidosis, but they were all negative.

just had the hospital on the phone. I now go for the barium meal on Tuesday next week as they had a cancellation.

Hi Arin, Yeah, the fatigue when I first got ill was REALLY bad. I was sleeping 14 hours every night and still could hardly get out of bed. Had to give up work a year ago because of the fatigue. I worked as a night porter for a few months and it involved a lot of heavy lifting which I just...

Yeah, i have been avoiding wheat lately. I have noticed that I seem to vomit more on the days I have cereal for breakfast. Great. I love cereal! And I do try to drink bottled water as well.

Thanks for the replies. I have been checked for anaemia a few times and the results came back 'normal'. As for the dehydration, every time I have bloods done they do show that I am slightly dehydrated, though not enough to concern my doc, so I may try some rehydration powders. Since writing...

Hi all, I am a first time poster and have just been told that I may have Crohn's. I have been ill for 2 years and doctors could not find anything wrong with blood tests etc. It's quite a long story but i'll try and cut it short LOL. Was hoping for some advice on whether this could be...