Guest guest Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Hello all, Boy efficiency is there middle name over there at Duke. I was scheduled to have my barium swallow at 9:30 this morning and we were actually underway by 9:20. Bottom line? After an hour of drinking barium, and going through a series of semi acrobatic contortions, then using the fizzy stuff and drinking water (reminds me of Pop Rocks, it's meant to fill my esophogus with air but then the tell me not to burp....who thinks this stuff up?) then lying flat and drinking more barium out of a sports bottle with a straw....then turning round in circles (to "mix the stomach contents" LOL) and lying on my left side, my back, my right side my stomach and on and on and on. After all that they found not a single sign of any reflux at all, much less GERD. The radiologist doing the test was baffled which is why he kept going over it and making me do more stuff and drink more of that vile junk. But he could find nothing at all. He speculated that the reflux I had previously may have had more to do with the prednisone than anything else and now that I've been off for so long whatever was happening has stopped. It's as good a theory as any I suppose. So I will talk to my primary about stopping the omeprazole. If there's no need for it, I'd prefer not to take it. That's it for now. I leave in about an hour for rehab. Will update you all later! Beth Moderator Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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