Barium meal & follow through
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I think this is the same as what I had only they called it a Small Bowel Meal. I had to do what I call a mini-prep. It was similar to a colonoscopy prep only not as bad (I don't think you have to be as cleaned out). I drank an orange flavoured drink and had some laxatives. The day of you drink the barium and they put a air hose in your butt hole (this is to blow air in to widen certain areas if needed). The barium went right through me. The techs weren't prepared for that and had to page the radiologist to get him in there quicker to take the pictures. He showed me right then and there on screen where my narrowing was. It was kind of cool. It was funny though because right before I drink the barium they were giving me this lecture about making sure I drink lots of fluids over the next couple of days so all of the barium comes out. Well it went through me so fast I'm lying on the table saying hurry up, hurry up, I can't hold this much longer. They're finally done and I run to the washroom which was right in the same room thank god and make this huge explosive noise my husband heard all the way in the waiting room and I yell "IT'S OUT". Pretty funny in retrospect but not much fun at the time! Hope that helps!
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Hey Minky,
Don't worry, its easy. If you have ever tasted 'milk of magnesia' then thats what it tasted like when i had it.
Quite simple, drink the fluid and then ( in my case) they x-ray my stomach four or five times over about half an hour then back to bed. Now i was an in-patient at the time.
You will be fine don 't worry.
Chin up
Bruscar
Don't worry, its easy. If you have ever tasted 'milk of magnesia' then thats what it tasted like when i had it.
Quite simple, drink the fluid and then ( in my case) they x-ray my stomach four or five times over about half an hour then back to bed. Now i was an in-patient at the time.
You will be fine don 't worry.
Chin up
Bruscar
Definitely drink LOTS of fluid and load up on the laxatives. I wasn't told to take laxatives and I guess didn't drink enough fluid. I passed some over the next day.... but then I was blocked up for the entire weekend that followed. Confined to my couch. Ended up having to physically.... unclog.... myself. Pushing wasn't doing the trick. haha. yum!
The procedure itself was not so bad at all.
The procedure itself was not so bad at all.
