Hello Ms. Lillian,
I just had that barium test done on August 6th. When
I got there I was taken to an x-ray room. I had to
take a gas pill and was told not to burp (and you want
to real bad)...it's a gas for the x-rays. If you
burp, you have to take another one, as I did.
Then you drink the barium. Mine was strawberry
flavored. It's thick and gooey...An extra thick pepto
bismol taste. I had to drink a cup (it feels you up
quickly)-(and you cannot drink or eat after midnight
the night before the test). Then they assist you in
various postions and do a few x-rays...then they tell
you to take a mouthful of barrium and not swallow it
till they say. They tell you, and you do it so the
can x-ray it at the same time (to check to see how it
flows through the system). My radiologist couldn't
get the x-rays right a few times, so, I had to do the
swallow test at least 5 times.
After the appt. I went and bought gatorade. You need
to drink alot of water that day or you will be
completely constipated...that stuff is hard to pass.
I had diarrhea (white) the next day, and was
constipated the day after that...then it got better.
The white bowel movements take a couple days, to get
the white barium out of the system. They found a
hiatal hernia with my test. Acid spills out of the
sphincter. I hope your test goes well. Don't worry
it's not too bad.
Love,
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Marianne Bolding
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