Pre- surgical testing story...

Well I am at day 7 of my 14 day pre-op ALL liquid diet. While yesterday was the day from hell I did slip up! . So I'v been on ALL liquids!!  I had my surgical testing done at the hospital. I had to fast for 12 hrs... really??? I'm been on all liquids, and NOW they want me to fast... UGH!!! they said the appt would take 2-3 hours.. great!!!! 

SO I get there at 11am.. the nurse was awesome! I registered for surgery (got it out of the way), then she gave me all the pre-op instructions, blood work and EKG.

Then I was taken to the xray. They did chest xray, and then we started the upper GI. UGH... So I had to drink these crystals they called "pop rocks" I remember pop rocks being fun... these weren't...LOL After that I stood up on this ledge platform with my back against this VERY narrow "wall". They started taking pictures, with my cup of barium in hand. Next the radiologist said "ok start drinking".. ok it wasn't too bad, then he yells "faster faster", I felt like I was at a party... chug chug chug...LOL With that the wall I was leaning again starts tipping backward... Next thing I know I was laying on the "table". So I'm laying there and he says, "ok turn on your right side", so I turn, just when I get to my right side he said "ok onto your stomach". I thought ok and laid on my stomach. Next he says "back on your back". ok I get into position, then he says "on your stomach". Mind you these were not slow commands, and did I mention the table was VERY narrow I was half way turning on to my stomach and he yells "ok back on your back" ??? I never made it to my stomach.. LOL Mind you with all this tossing and turning my gown is riding up wear everyone now sees I have blue starry underwear on..LOL and the assistant was trying to be so nice and pull it down every time I moved, well I can't exactly move when she is pulling on my gown...LOL The commands keep being belted out faster and faster... I think he was trying to see how fast my big ole but could move....LOL at one point I'm on my stomach and the assistant hands me a "big water bottle type" cup with a straw in it, I thought great some water.. I can wash down this barium. The radiologist yells "ok drink fast".. I start drinking and it's MORE barium... WTF???  Very sneaky putting it in a container we can't see thru! I'm slurping and slurping .... do you know how hard it is to drink while laying on your stomach? Next thing I know the straw makes the "end of the drink" sound.. I pull the cup away and realize there is still more in there.  I re position the straw further down the cup and continue drinking, and tell the assistant. she yell to the guy, "the straw was messed up". She then says "that's ok just finish" I hand her the cup... remember I'm laying on my belly, so I am VERY full and now very gassy, I accidentally let out a burp, which I could not hold (at least it wasn't from the other end) and she yells back to the radiologist "she burbed".. .I thought REALLY??  LOL I almost started laughing.  Then the radiologist starts with the log roll commands again... faster and faster.. the poor assistant kept trying to pull my gown down, I said '' you don't have to worry .... it's a lost cause now".. she chucked.  So rolling a was.. at one point I did start laughing cause I was turning toward my left and he yells "ok back to the right".... I wasn't even close to the left yet.  Finally it was over and  the radiologist left. So she sits me up and tells me to take a minute as now I feel like a martini shaker... everything inside is all shook up and the room is kinda moving...She hands me a wet washcloth and says "here you can wipe cause you have a milk mustache".... we both burst out laughing. Upon leaving she said well I guess we will see you later, I looked at her, she said yes the day after surgery you have to have another one of these test??? I looked at her and she said wihout all the rolling around..  I said "Ok geesh cause there is NO WAY I can roll around like that post op!!" Her and I laughed.  Needless to say the rest of the day I felt very bloated, yet I was still hungry. 

Jess

 i cant stop laughing CONGRATS!!! Jess on your weight loss much continued success.

Glad mine did not go like that.

I could not have it done in the regular imaging center, I was over the weight limit of the table.  So I had to go down to the hospital and even there, in the standing position, the movable scanner part barely positioned over my belly.  I do recall having to down the gas inducing stuff and being told not to burp and having to drink all the barium and it was not that bad and I am apparently really quick at processing such.  I could not have rolled over or turned at all due to the closeness of the scanner.

And thankfully I did not have to have one post op.  You cannot even drink that stuff post op (at least not as much as they want you to drink pre-op.

Congrats on being close to your surgery date.

Sounds a LOT like mine! The doctor was standing next to me in mine though. He was pretty funny! I pointed out that the table said it's limit was 300 pounds. He said there was no way I weighed that much! I said, Ok, if the table breaks you're paying for it! I thought he was going to fall over laughing!

They told me the barium isn't really that bad, just a little chalky. I drank it and immediately told them they've been lied to! It was probably that people were STARVING beforehand so they thought it was good. I have a texture issue and HATE thick shakes so it was awful!

Then, I swore they were trying to explode my stomach because immediately after the Upper GI I had to have the H-Pylori test. They make you drink this stuff that's like a nasty, too syrupy version of sprite. Yuck! Glad to know I'm not the only one that was rolled all over a tiny table! :)

The doctor did tell me all the rolling was to make sure your esophagus and stomach were coated completely...so, I suppose it makes sense!