matty boston--I had this test in the beginning for my GERD and nothing was found. I was complaining about a sensation that something was moving. Nothing was found. I was DX'ed 8 yrs later with a HH when I was scoped last year. That must have been what I was feeling, although, I have been told from doctors that you do not feel a HH. What a crock!

To answer your question.......The test was something like 44 or 64 I really don't remember slices. The looked at all the organs from the lung base down to the pelvis. Takes a little while, I think over a hour. The dye is injected at the end and you go back in. If you are allergic there is a different kind they can give you. You have to drink one milk shake type drink the night before (this is what I did) one the next morning, thought that I was all done, then when I got there they handed me another. I am not good with this type of drink (thick) and I also have a bad gag reflex, I only got part of that one down and the tech said that was enough. After, they may not tell you, but you have to drink LOTS of water to wash down out that stuff. If not, you could become constipated from it. In the more ~advanced facilities~ (teaching hospital) they do not use this drink anymore they use something more like a fruit drink that does not bother people like me. We don't have this yet where I live. That's it, sit tight and wait for the results! Good luck to you. FLFLOWERGIRL:)