At least you can take heart that the gastroscopys were clear, and hopefully the barium swallow will be the same. If there was anything sinister there surely all these tests would show it up? Have you had blood tests also? These could shed further light on your condition. Good luck for next Friday, maybe if this is clear also you may feel a little more relaxed and I'm convinced that stress and worry can make these symptoms seem worse.
Oh definitely stress doesn't help. I've had all of the tests, bloods, ultrasound, ct and 2 endoscopies. Makes it more frustrating though as I just want this to go away. Hopefully the barium swallow will show something, or someone will be able to give me an explanation as to why I feel like this. I think it's the uncertainty that is worst, that's when your imagination gets the better of you.
Personally I would hope that the barium shows nothing rather than something nasty. I had my fith or sixth one the other week and no reason for my present symptoms. All of thems howed my Hiatal Hernia. Two of the earlier ones found duodenal ulcers. Watching it on the screen I could not see the massive hiatal hernia bulge as on earlier ones. I asked the radiographer and she said that they can vary in size over time. I was dubious but my GP said the same.
I would not go running to have a colonoscopy. I had one in November and during it my BP went down to 40/27 and my heart rate to 30 bpm.
They panicked, I told them that I felt OK but to get a move on. They pumped some drugs into me and gave me water to drink. They called for an anaethist who pumped more drugs into me. They said it was caused by either dehydration, the sedative or that the probe had stimulated my vagus nerve. They kept me all day until my BP was nearer normal.
Two days later I felt my heart racing when walking and realised that I was in atrial fibrillation. It was the probe that caused it, according to the arrythmia nurse at the hospital it often happens. Result on warfarin and amiodarone (and side effects) and then a four month wait for a cardioversion and of course still on drugs.
You could ask for a virtual colonoscopy (CT scan) but of course they are not able to take samples. When I told my GP that I was going to arrange for the Virtual colnoscopy privately rather than have the usual NHS wait he wanted to save me the money and sent me to a local private hospital who take NHS patients. How I wish that he had let me spend my own money.
My wife has had at various times peptic, gastric and a duodenal ulcer. However with two other sets of symptoms that had her hospitalised in extreme pain nothing was found after two endoscopies and a CT scan. That is when they give up on you.
Oh I don't want or expect them to find anything nasty, I just want to find out what's causing the pain and the dysphagia so I can get it treated. I think I may have oesophageal spasms and I think the pain in my stomach is my hernia, which is not affected by eating at all, just by movement and lifting. Once I know the reason then I can relax.