Anonymous #1 7w

I’ve done it twice, by far the worst part of it is the eggs. I have a hard time getting them down because of my nausea and loss of appetite and I so happen to hate eggs. I just close my eggs and try to get it down as fast as possible. I’ve seen some hospitals pair it with toast, I’ve never had that luxury, I think that would definitely make it easier. It’s a long day of testing though so I always bring books and playing cards. Whatever you can entertain yourself with and enjoy, bring.

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Anonymous #1 7w

Depending on where you get it done it may not be eggs too just a heads up. I did a ton of research before mine and was super thrown off cause I got there and they gave me oatmeal

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Anonymous #2 7w

Oh really? I would probably still struggle to get the oatmeal down but I’ve only ever seen it with eggs! I was wondering what they do if a person is allergic to eggs.

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Anonymous OP 7w

I was actually kinda annoyed about it tbh cause when I looked it up it said that it should only be done for people with allergies because it digests a lot faster so the results are less accurate. When I asked them about it cause I was thrown off they just said that it was because they would have to go down to the cafeteria since they don’t have the license to make them (ps this was in a very small hospital … it was like down the hall)

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Anonymous #2 7w

That’s ridiculous. The nuclear medicine tech that did both my tests said she hates the test because gastroparesis can change day by day which makes it even harder to treat. She also said it’s hard to bind the radioactive medicine to anything besides eggs. So I wonder if that makes the oatmeal even more inaccurate.

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Anonymous OP 7w

Yeah eggs is the gold standard, particularly if it’s a sandwich or if it’s paired with toast or something so that it simulates a full meal. The lady that did mine literally barely even added any water to the instant oatmeal so it was literally just like dry oatmeal (which it also said that if it is used it needs to be prepared properly)

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Anonymous #2 7w

Plus they also said that there was still some in my stomach (even with it not being what it was supposed to be) but when I got the results in my chart all it said was that it was normal (I haven’t heard from my gastroenterologist since tho and that was in January)

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Anonymous #2 7w

Damn that sucks I’m sorry. It’s probably worth trying to get retested, maybe with a different hospital if possible.

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Anonymous OP 7w

Yeah I’ve been trying to get in with a different doctor so fingers crossed

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Anonymous #2 7w

Good luck, I hope you get the answers you need.

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