At Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Donna Johansen wrote:
>Yup, my test was normal, too. I hate that word sometimes! Your point makes complete sense...there is nothing normal about that crap never leaving! >I know what you mean! I had the barium test two months before >going to Germany. As I was completely constipated it never did >come out and Dr. K told me the barium mix (ugg!) would not remain >in the bowels this long, it would be absorbed by the body! Now I >wonder how that affected me.....What gets me is that the test was >completely normal!! How can it be normal when it doesn't pass >through the colon? > >Donna J > >-----Original Message----- >From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On >Behalf Of Kris >Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:40 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS >Subject: Re: Barium Sulfate and adhesions. A link? > >At Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Katie wrote: >>Seriously, drinking that stuff was the worst test i've ever been >through! No one told me that it causes constipation. Well, in >someone who is already blocked up from adhesions, it's a >nightmare. I didn't go to the bathroom for nine days! Of course, i >ended up in the ER. 3 enemas later, nothing happened. They sent me >home with more meds to have a bowle movement. I spent 3 days on >the couch, feeling like I was in labor the whole time. My family >was off, enjoying the annual fall renaissance festival and I was >home, miserable. It was awful!! >>I had a study done last week and had to drink 2 bottles of the >"chalk" >>stuff. Anyhow, I spent a couple of days researching that junk >and >>actually found a couple of sites that stated that it could > >possibly >>"cause" adhesions or in some cases, make them worse. >> >>If there is any truth to that, a bunch of us (myself included), >are in >>BIG trouble. I can't even count the number of studies I have had >done >>in the last 5 years and all because I was trying to find out why >I am >>hurting so much. >> >>And of course all the studies were "normal" because I have > >adhesions. >>Now the question is ... do I have MORE adhesions because of the >liquid >>concrete I was forced to drink???? >> >>-- >>Katie >>