I 've been scoped and bariumed this week. This morning I had barium water, barium milkshake, barium pudding, cookies dipped in barium. So far so good. Scope showed gastric polyps which I was told are very common. One sent off for biopsy. Swallowing test shows nothing, esophagus does not need to be stretched - normal size.

And yet I can't eat bread or meat or sometimes cake, without it getting stuck in my throat. I often have to stand up to get it down. One more P thing that doesn't show up in any visible form on tests. So all we can do is be careful.....nervously reassuring, but resulting in much weight loss.

careful out there, and it would be helpful if we had been granted 3 sets of teeth!

paula