Esophageal Spasms

I am going to be six weeks out tomorrow.  For the past week I have had this horrible pain under my rib cage.  It lasts about 10 seconds and goes away.  I had so bad last Friday I spent the day in bed and had to get my pain medicine out from my surgery just to get relief.  If that did not work then I was going to head to ER.  The doctor told me to go and get a Upper GI done today.  Great drink that nasty stuff again.  So when I was ready for the test the technician told me I had to drink all of that barium.  I told her I cannot fit all of that in my stomach.  So she said I will have to go get the doctor.  The doctor came in and he was same one that did my leak test after surgery.  I told him I had the sleeve 6 weeks out and I cannot fit all that in my belly.  He turned around and told the technician bariatric patients do not drink the barium they sip it as I take the pictures.  I wonder why she do not know???  I am glad I spoke up.  Lesson learned is to speak up for any tests I get done now.  I go back to doctors on Thursday hopefully I can get some relief from this. 

Has anyone else every had esophageal spasms?

So when I was ready for the test the technician told me I had to drink all of that barium.  I told her I cannot fit all of that in my stomach.  So she said I will have to go get the doctor.  The doctor came in and he was same one that did my leak test after surgery.  I told him I had the sleeve 6 weeks out and I cannot fit all that in my belly.  He turned around and told the technician bariatric patients do not drink the barium they sip it as I take the pictures.  I wonder why she do not know???

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 Dear these people are not mind readers.  They do not know you have had surgery unless they tell them.  The orders only state......upper gi.......so they have no clue.  I think its a good practice to tell anyone you are haveing tests with that you are a bariatric patient and you just surgery

Good luck hope all turns well for you and get relief.

I've had them for awhile...when I first started getting them I was sure I was having a heart attack but I was only 21ish at the time so I was totally freaked out!! I still have them, but I try to keep up on my acid reflux medicine and they seem to be a little better.  Good luck!! 

 gallbladder? might be? I had the pains that early out and did not do a thing till January lol. it was my gallbladder they took it out February. Now I do have esophageal spasms and there is nothing they can do for this. 

I just have to eat slow and drink slow that helps but not all the time.