Experiences with

Barium test

My poor Dad is 7 years into MSA-C he’s fighting so hard to maintain a quality of life but it’s getting harder & harder. Dad has been in hospital 4 x this year chest & urine infections & as I have read on here each time he goes in he comes back home worse than before. A real problem we are having currently

I think I am maybe looking some advice, or perhaps some reassurance from anyone going through similar... I feel quite deflated lately. I have had intestinal/abdominal issues since I was about 17 when I was hospitalised. I am almost 30 now and still dealing with the pains. At 17 I had all sorts of testing

I take one or two small Brazil nuts every day because I have hashimoto and it was advised for selenium which is lacking in thyroid patients. I read of someone whose doctor told them they had high levels of barium which affects memory and the doctor had no idea how you can rid the body of barium. This

Hello I was wondering if anybody here could just give me some insight I have systemic lupus and secondary sjorgrens with hypermobility syndrome I had a barium swallow five years ago and the barium took four hours to go through which showed slow transit sclerodoma dysmotality and pseudo succulation

Ralph's had the most amazing few days. On Tuesday he had the swallow x-ray and the speech therapist was amazed at the results. Firstly he gave him some sour tasting stuff, which Ralph insisted he tried to see how horrible it was, lol. Then he had barium mixed with water, then barium with yoghurt then

I have stage 3a CKD. I had a kidney removed in 2022 due to renal cell carcinoma. I am currently having scans every 6 months. I have asked for no contrast due to my reaction to it, and the doctors has sent in the orders without contrast, however my upcoming scan is scheduled to taken with Barium contrast

Ralph doing well and happy with progress. Last Tuesday SALT said leave cuff down for 24 hours from Thursday to Friday morning, and if that went well, leave it down all weekend unless he was in distress. Then the plan was to put in a fenestrated cuffless trachy this Wednesday coming. Best laid plans etc

Hi all, I joined this forum to remain on top of developments around the complex pelvic floor issues affecting women and to seek support from others. In my experience these are generally poorly understood by doctors in the UK especially at consultant level and there is an absence of multi agency support

I have also had a Barium swallow test that they reported as very slow to swallow but again they did not follow up. Anyone know what this sounds like or how I can get a diagnosis? I have BUPA

Hi I am 8mths post operation, chemo. In August I started to get discomfort occasionally when eating, then acid reflux and regurgitation. I was referred for an endoscopy and possible dilation. 4 weeks ago endoscopy preformed, not able to have dilation as to much food present from 24hrs before. Another

hi, I’ve got a proctogram, endo anal / rectal scan and transit study on the 8th June. The instructions on letter were vague and i was told to read enclosed instruction leaflet- non included! Did a bit of digging and have been told ‘no laxatives or suppositories or dont douche once I start the radio

Hi my fellow Fibro warriors🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗I'm at the hospital for a barium meal swallow at 8.30 am. Tomorrow. It's a 3 hr drive there and back. No meds no food and little water🤔😵. Then my foot lady will trim my toe nails and moisturise my feet. I hope my feet aren't on fire. Then I'm speaking to a Dr I've

(Prior yo that endoscope I was off gluten so the test wasn't probably accurate). I've also had barium swallow, and head/neck mri which showed no lump. I am specifically wondering if anyone has had globus sensation?

How can I get a rough idea if anxiety and depression is causing my nausea and constipation? I was a heavy drinker for a few years and benzodiazepines for a year but stopped 6 months ago and that’s when I started having problems I have been suffering from nausea for 6 months and constipation for 3 months

hello I had an endoscopy done today as I have near enough constant nausea it’s been going on for 5 months and I’m also suffering from constipation. Nothing was found today anyway and have been told it would be good to get a barium swallow. I’m just extremely worried about side effects I have very bad

hello I had an endoscopy done today as I have near enough constant nausea it’s been going on for 5 months and I’m also suffering from constipation. Nothing was found today anyway and have been told it would be good to get a barium swallow. I’m just extremely worried about side effects I have very bad

HiDoes anyone have an issue with swallowing. I've been told my muscles in my throat spasm causing me to vomit 2/3 times a week. I am hardly eating anything and what I get down is a liquid diet and 8 months on I'm fed up. This has caused a pharyngeal pouch. I've seen an ENT specialist for this and I've

Does anyone have experience switching benzodiazepines? My Psychiatrist wants me to switch from Valium to Xanax and even though I’ve been on it before I’m scared of just straight switching. I’m also scared of tapering. I’m just terrified of overdose or bad withdrawals. I have bad health fears. Anyone

Seeing my GP Monday. I told my friend that !method one and gabby were recommened. He told me absolutely not as it has heroin in it and I would be stuck on it forever. I'm on hydrocodone . Three of them now thru out the night at 10/325mg. I definitely do not want to take this since it makes me feel like

Hi Has anyone else experienced coming off of Diazepam or similar benzodiazepines? I’ve been on Diazepam for over 10 months (so a LOT longer than the recommended 2 weeks max to avoid addiction). I’ve been slowly weaning off of it over the last month or so, with doctor’s approval, and for the most part