Millie,
My daughter has had that more times than we care to remember!! And, she
ALWAYS had such a constipation problem. Seems the doctors would ignore us
telling them she was SO constipated. Their answer: "just follow the nothing
after midnight and don't worry about it"........EVERY TIME we would be there
ALL DAY long with her drinking more and more barium because they "weren't
seeing everything" or it hadn't gone all the way through. We always rc'd the
same conclusion after those tests---that she has an area of bowel that is
very narrow, thus all the problems. We talked to several gastro's about
taking that part of the bowel out and they all refused-----saying as long as
she could go they would not do it for fear of worse problems created from
the site of re-connection. These were back in the days of us being told, "It
s Crohn's"........Now, I look back and I am convinced it was ADHESIONS
wrapped around that part of the bowel. Anyway, drink all the water you can
hold after your procedure as that gets rid of the barium (I'm sure you
already know this)....
Will be praying for you.
((((((((hugggggsssssss)))))))))))))))
Karen
-------Original Message-------
From: adhesions@adhesions.org
Date: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:00:53 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: Questions about upcoming upper G.I. series/Small bowel
follow-through.
Has anyone ever had the upper G.I./Small bowel follow through, where you
drink barium?
I have to have this done tomorrow morning.
I need a few questions answered, please.
I know that before they even give you any barium to drink, they do a plain
film xray of your abdomen, called a scout film.
My question is... why do they do this beforehand? ( There is no prep to do
before this test, only fasting after midnight. )
When they do the plain film xray, is it possible that they are looking to
see if you may have eaten, or that they are checking to see if you are full
of stool, before taking barium?
I am extremely concerned, as I have a horrible time expelling barium, and I
haven't had a good b.m. in weeks.
I am terrified of a blockage and more surgery if the barium will not pass. I
m sure I'm not emptying out, probably due to adhesions.
Do you think that I should mention this to the techs tomorrow, and also to
the radiologist, as well as ask them if I am full of stool before they
start?
I know they cannot give me the actual test results.
Thanks for any help.
Millie.