33 days, some cheer!

Jan 30, 2012

  Hi everyone,
Ive been whining on the forums about drinking being painful and excessive burping for a few weeks. I wanted to give an update. I'm 33 days post surgery. My doctor placed me on Reglan incase I had slow digestion problems. Today I had an upper GI (threw up all over the machine, great fun)!

The thick Barium went nowhere. It got to my stomach and stopped. The doctor wanted me to take another swallow, but as it went nowhere it was backed up in my esophagus and the back of my throat. He kept waiting for it to trickle through the Anastomosis, but nope. He had me drink the thin barium and saw it trickle through the thick barium into my intestines. He zapped a bunch of pics and then had me sit for ten minutes and then xrayed me again.

I just sat there belchin, barium drying in my nose.  Hopefully I'll get some answer soon folks!

The good news is I can finally get more liquid down. I'm nowhere near 64ozs, but the nosebleeds and extreme thirst have stopped. No more dry membranes. My skin is starting to smooth out again and the dry patches are receding.  Yes, there is still pain associated with drinking, but no more extreme cramping and waking every two hours from thirst. So I'm cheering today!  Feeling great and getting there! 
 

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