The new fill technician has a completely different procedure than the old one. I got there early, and I was glad I did, as it was very time consuming.
First, she checked my port with an ultra sound machine and it was fine.
Second, they had me do a barium swallow. We saw that my esophagus was a bit dilated and she felt that the restriction was too much. She took .4 cc out and did another barium swallow. We both liked what we saw.
I won’t know anything more until I can eat, probably not even until next week.
Oh, the old procedure was the tech poked you with the needle and did what she thought she should do. No barium, no ultra sound.
Kind of nice to know everything is where it should be.
Almost forgot – she also thought that the lunch period was entirely too short for me to even try to eat then. I might be able to eat during my planning period, but can’t always count on that either.
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