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.<\/p>\n
First, she checked my port with an ultra sound machine and it was fine.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
I won\u2019t know anything more until I can eat, probably not even until next week.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Kind of nice to know everything is where it should be.<\/p>\n
Almost forgot \u2013 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\u2019t always count on that either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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