Question:
Need To Find Out if There Is An Alternative to Upper GI ?????

Hi Everyone: I am having problems with my blood levels and according to my hematologist, I need to have an upper GI. I already tried to have this test once and threw up all over the Dr. 2 times. I have already had an endoscope and a colonoscopy. They are checking for an internal bleed. I just don't think I can do this Upper GI. I HAVE TRIED. Any other alternative tests???????    — Joi G. (posted on September 4, 2004)

September 4, 2004
There is a camera pill you swallow that apparently sends images. I have not seen one but my dad did one. Painless. Takes pix all the way down the system. However, it might not give the dimension they want to see if they are looking for an obstruction or misrouting. My dad was being checked for severe anemia, too, and had been scoped at both ends so much that he was beginning to think it was a normal weekly part of life or something. The camera DID find the problem, BTW. He is not WLS
   — vitalady

September 7, 2004
Ask if they can give you Reglan before the upper GI. It increases gastric motility and would move the contrast solution out of your stomach quicker. It would still show any ulcerations. I'm not sure if a CT scan or MRI would work. Ask about those. Good luck.
   — dianne E.