Re: [DS_PostOpFriends] My Barium Swallow was today..

[Guest guest]

At 2:39 AM -0500 8/21/01, Liane J. French wrote:

>... I'm kinda hoping that

>the barium forces everything to slow down & it stays slowed.. BTW.. why

>the heck would barium give me such awful gas??

Good luck with the results, Liane. The barium swallows suck

big-time. I think (I am not sure that I remember

correctly-- " learned " this stuff so many years ago) that the swallow

is a slurry of barium sulfate.

As for the gas, if it smells like rotten eggs (hydrogen sulfide), it

is probably a result of the buggers in your gut metabolizing the

sulfate from the barium.

You are going through Hell and back with your digestive problems. I

am indeed sorry that you have to endure all that. Kudos to you for

maintaining your perspective and sense of humor through it all.

--Steve

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[Guest guest]

At 2:39 AM -0500 8/21/01, Liane J. French wrote:

>... I'm kinda hoping that

>the barium forces everything to slow down & it stays slowed.. BTW.. why

>the heck would barium give me such awful gas??

Good luck with the results, Liane. The barium swallows suck

big-time. I think (I am not sure that I remember

correctly-- " learned " this stuff so many years ago) that the swallow

is a slurry of barium sulfate.

As for the gas, if it smells like rotten eggs (hydrogen sulfide), it

is probably a result of the buggers in your gut metabolizing the

sulfate from the barium.

You are going through Hell and back with your digestive problems. I

am indeed sorry that you have to endure all that. Kudos to you for

maintaining your perspective and sense of humor through it all.

--Steve

--

[Guest guest]

This has nothing to do with barrium but I was

wondering what it means when a person continuously

burps up a rotten egg smell. A friend of mine has

alot of pain under her left breast. Docs have ruled

out alot of things including GERD. They think it

might be costo condritis.

She doesn't always have the rotten egg burps but when

she does, we all smell it.

Does anyone know what that smell means? (She's had

barrium tests, upper GI tests, just tons of tests).

Thanks!

dee

--- Steve Goldstein

wrote:

> At 2:39 AM -0500 8/21/01, Liane J. French wrote:

> >... I'm kinda hoping that

> >the barium forces everything to slow down & it

> stays slowed.. BTW.. why

> >the heck would barium give me such awful gas??

>

> Good luck with the results, Liane. The barium

> swallows suck

> big-time. I think (I am not sure that I remember

> correctly-- " learned " this stuff so many years ago)

> that the swallow

> is a slurry of barium sulfate.

>

> As for the gas, if it smells like rotten eggs

> (hydrogen sulfide), it

> is probably a result of the buggers in your gut

> metabolizing the

> sulfate from the barium.

>

> You are going through Hell and back with your

> digestive problems. I

> am indeed sorry that you have to endure all that.

> Kudos to you for

> maintaining your perspective and sense of humor

> through it all.

>

> --Steve

> --

>

>

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[Guest guest]

This has nothing to do with barrium but I was

wondering what it means when a person continuously

burps up a rotten egg smell. A friend of mine has

alot of pain under her left breast. Docs have ruled

out alot of things including GERD. They think it

might be costo condritis.

She doesn't always have the rotten egg burps but when

she does, we all smell it.

Does anyone know what that smell means? (She's had

barrium tests, upper GI tests, just tons of tests).

Thanks!

dee

--- Steve Goldstein

wrote:

> At 2:39 AM -0500 8/21/01, Liane J. French wrote:

> >... I'm kinda hoping that

> >the barium forces everything to slow down & it

> stays slowed.. BTW.. why

> >the heck would barium give me such awful gas??

>

> Good luck with the results, Liane. The barium

> swallows suck

> big-time. I think (I am not sure that I remember

> correctly-- " learned " this stuff so many years ago)

> that the swallow

> is a slurry of barium sulfate.

>

> As for the gas, if it smells like rotten eggs

> (hydrogen sulfide), it

> is probably a result of the buggers in your gut

> metabolizing the

> sulfate from the barium.

>

> You are going through Hell and back with your

> digestive problems. I

> am indeed sorry that you have to endure all that.

> Kudos to you for

> maintaining your perspective and sense of humor

> through it all.

>

> --Steve

> --

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Kudos to you for

maintaining your perspective and sense of humor through it all.

--Steve>>>>>

Exactly, Steve! Liane has a wonderful sense of humor thru it all and makes

me want to emulate her! Shes a shining example of what laughter can do in

the midst of struggles.......

Love ya, Liane!

Hugs, Judie

PS....Steve? You have wonderful humor too......I look forward to your posts

daily!! You can really make me laugh sometimes!!

[Guest guest]

Kudos to you for

maintaining your perspective and sense of humor through it all.

--Steve>>>>>

Exactly, Steve! Liane has a wonderful sense of humor thru it all and makes

me want to emulate her! Shes a shining example of what laughter can do in

the midst of struggles.......

Love ya, Liane!

Hugs, Judie

PS....Steve? You have wonderful humor too......I look forward to your posts

daily!! You can really make me laugh sometimes!!