Calling Schweitzer patients--swallow test???

waitinggame
on 2/8/09 12:15 am - Bowie, MD

Hey there. I seem to recall that Dr. Schweitzer does something during surgery to check for leaks, but now reading about others doing swallow tests the day after I don't know for sure. Does anyone know what he does?

Thanks!

Denise

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

(deactivated member)
on 2/8/09 3:25 am - Hagerstown, MD

RNY on 05/08/08

I know with mine, I had to do a swallow test the same day after my surgery. basically it's like an upper GI for bariatric patients in which you have to swallow this bitter tasting sweet syrupy liquid contrast and then they take pictures of it going down. this is where my complication happened. I didn't have any leaks but i was swelled shut at the place where my intestines come back together down past my pouch. I was blocked for 24 hours!!! i was so miserable. I had that nasty taste in my mouth and I was just so nauseous....I was having dry heaves and everything until they gave me some medication to calm my stomach down. I had to stay int he hospital an extra day until all this subsided and I could get down a liter of fluids.

Sharon_66
on 2/8/09 3:38 am - Chesapeake, VA

RNY on 01/29/09

Denise,
I did not have to have a "swallow" test.

ReedsMommy
on 2/8/09 3:42 am

DS on 01/22/09

I didn't have one. The day after surgery when he came in he said he checked while we were in the OR.

Traci
HW 331/ SW 318.5/ CW 183/ GW 174

Boxer Heather
on 2/8/09 4:26 am - Grasonville, MD

RNY on 10/07/08

Denise,

I didn't have the swallow test either and I kept telling all the medical staff that I couldn't drin****il he did it because the nurse at my pre-anesthesia appointment told me that! Finally I asked his surgical team when they came in and they said that he only doesn't with "certain surgeries" and that mine wasn't one of the ones. He does it in the OR.

Heather

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waitinggame
on 2/8/09 5:14 am - Bowie, MD

Thanks for your input. I thought I might be going crazy and I'm usually very on top of everything--I couldn't believe I let this get by me, but it seems I really didn't and that he did what he said he does.

Take care!

Denise

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

Kim M.
on 2/8/09 6:34 am - Odenton, MD

RNY on 08/15/08

Actually I had a swallow test the day after my surgery...just as Aaron described. Not a biggee, just hard to swallow just after surgry. Kim : )

Melanie3070
on 2/8/09 10:31 am - Waldorf, MD

RNY on 08/30/07

No swallow test for me. Glad that things went so well with your surgery and that you are now on your way to being a big loser!!

Melanie
Lap RNY 8/30/07
251/140/135

waitinggame
on 2/8/09 12:53 pm - Bowie, MD

Thanks! See you at the meeting!

Denise

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

(deactivated member)
on 2/8/09 5:02 pm, edited 2/8/09 5:03 pm - MD

DS on 10/02/08

Yes I was given the upper GI test swallow the fluid and they watch it go through your system on a screen, the 2nd day. If he also does something during the surgery, i did not know that.
He is very good about replying to emails, [email protected] so you can ask him for details.

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