Thanks. I do feel better this morning :o)
Wishing you pain free moments, hours and days. Clare
At Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Millie wrote:
>
>Clare,
>Everybody is different when it comes to the length of time barium takes to
>go through the small bowel. Everyone's transit time is different.
>They told me to drink a lot of water to flush it out, or the barium gets
>like a rock, and that HURTS!!
>It hurt me when they pressed on my belly, too. But only for awhile.
>Feel better soon.
>Millie.
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "clareS" <csheedy@netcom.ca>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:16 PM
>Subject: Question about GI series
>
>> This morning I had an upper GI series and follow through (the one where
>> you drink the stuff & have a series of x-rays). They told me it would
>> take anywhere from half an hour to 1.5 hours, but it actually took
>> almost 3 hours. I read somewhere that you should take extra Metamucil
>> etc for a few days after the test, which I will do when I get home
>> tonight.
>>
>> When they did the last series of xrays, they pushed the machine actually
>> down on my abdomen. The left side was fine, but the right side hurt
>> (enough to take my breath away). Then it got better for a couple of
>> hours, but now it's getting worse and worse. Is this normal? It the
>> same as the adhesion pain, but worse. It's not extreme, but I wonder if
>> anyone has had this?
>>
>> Wishing you pain free moments, hours and days.
>> Clare
>>