Hello my friends...
'Tis not often I come to you with a question but I have one now!!
I had the air contrast barium enema last week...it went okay, but, no results in yet.
(They are suspecting a bowel to bladder fistula, that's why the tests)
Anyway, on this past Tuesday I had the small bowel follow through, which they assured me, and it also said on the paper they gave me with the cleansing instructions etc., that it would take from 2-3 hours...
When I arrived I asked again how they did the test, due to the parking meter that my hubby had to keep feeding.
They said I would drink the barium, or whatever that yucky gunk is and wait 20 minutes and they would take an x-ray.....wait another 20 minutes and take another x-ray...then another 20 minutes..then a half hour and another x-ray and so on and so on....until said gunk had gone through over 20 feet of small bowel.
So I figure I'm in for the entire morning...the test started at 8 am.
I drank their yummy concoction and waited 20 minutes, and they took the first x-ray...10 minutes later the technician came in and said they wanted one final x-ray because the drink had gone through over 20 feet of small bowel in 20 minutes!!!
How on earth can that be I asked astonished!! :eek2:
They said they couldn't figure it out either. Especially since I have never had bowel surgery, which would make it move through faster than normal.
Sooooo...has anyone had the same experience or have an idea on why this happened?
I'm appreciate hearing from you!
Hugs~Nancy
'Tis not often I come to you with a question but I have one now!!
I had the air contrast barium enema last week...it went okay, but, no results in yet.
(They are suspecting a bowel to bladder fistula, that's why the tests)
Anyway, on this past Tuesday I had the small bowel follow through, which they assured me, and it also said on the paper they gave me with the cleansing instructions etc., that it would take from 2-3 hours...
When I arrived I asked again how they did the test, due to the parking meter that my hubby had to keep feeding.
They said I would drink the barium, or whatever that yucky gunk is and wait 20 minutes and they would take an x-ray.....wait another 20 minutes and take another x-ray...then another 20 minutes..then a half hour and another x-ray and so on and so on....until said gunk had gone through over 20 feet of small bowel.
So I figure I'm in for the entire morning...the test started at 8 am.
I drank their yummy concoction and waited 20 minutes, and they took the first x-ray...10 minutes later the technician came in and said they wanted one final x-ray because the drink had gone through over 20 feet of small bowel in 20 minutes!!!
How on earth can that be I asked astonished!! :eek2:
They said they couldn't figure it out either. Especially since I have never had bowel surgery, which would make it move through faster than normal.
Sooooo...has anyone had the same experience or have an idea on why this happened?
I'm appreciate hearing from you!
Hugs~Nancy