Upper GI today

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Hi all...I just had the upper GI from hell. It took over 4 hours

instead of the average 45 minutes. That's because the barium moved so

slowly thru me & never did actually arrive at the large intestine but

the radiologist finally said he " got what he wanted. " They had me

walking around, drinking 3 huge cups of hot water, took x-rays every

30 minutes.

My digestion failed about 2 years ago. No appetite, felt full all

the time, bloated even from drinking water. Bee's diet has turned it

around to where I've slowly lost 36 lbs in 11 months, can eat meat &

eggs, sauerkraut & spinach with no problems. I stopped VCO several

months ago & stick with just nutrition, no antifungals. I can say one

of the most helpful things has been HCL so I no longer have GERD. I

also take cod liver oil twice a day & one T. of virgin olive oil.

Regardless of the upper GI results, I think I'm on the right track &

considering the improvement in my digestion over the past 11 months,

maybe another year will find me healed. Susiedu

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>

> I feel for you - I've had that test before and it's awful. I had

a

> colonoscopy today, so you weren't alone in your suffering.

The prep was

> AWFUL but the test itself wasn't too bad, since they knocked me

out cold

> this time. The last time I had it done I was awake and it was

NOT

> pleasant. He said I have a 2 inch section of " ulcerations " (I

have Crohn's)

> at the site of my previous resection and wants me to start taking

Pentasa

> again. I'm gonna tell him I'll pass. I want to see if this diet

will help

> me before I take even more meds than I'm already taking.

>

>

Ohhhh your colonoscopy prep was worse than my upper GI. That

is awful, I had it done a year ago. I don't know what to think about

your ulcerations & it'll be a few days before we hear from Bee. The

doc thinks I may have a hiatal hernia. Will know soon. Susiedu