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Originally Posted by gocatsgo Anyone ever have a water soluable test? Mine is scheduled for a couple of weeks for now. The gist is they see if there are any leaks, I think - before they reconnect me and find out the hard way. I think there is an enema involved...do they go in the stoma? or the bum? I have not used my bum for so long I keep having visions of blowing barium all over the poor tech. 
ALSO, this will be my first CT with the ileostomy. Do you still have to drink the contrast? Does it get absorbed in the pelvic region if you are diverted?
Maybe I'm doing too much thinking these days...just anxious to get these scans out of the way...terrifying.
Take care,
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Cats:
Typically they do a gastrographic study. You don't do anything but lie there and try to hold it in as they pump a tracer solution up your rectum through a small tube so they can take pictures of your anastamosis (connection). They don't care about up by your stoma, just from your bum up to the stapled part. This will also also reveal if you have diverticula
(little pockets in your colon that if big enough can collect little seeds and food stuff so you can be careful not to get diverticulitis--infection of the diverticula when seeds get stuck which requires antibiotics and sometimes hospitalization). You don't leak too much, and when you do, they don't care-- they are used to it.
Afterwards, they have you stand up and go to the bathroom where much of the solution comes out. You will be surprised that when you stand up, and wait a little while longer, you will have a lot more to pass... so stay close to the bathroom!
I hope that helps. And by the way, the books are in the works and I will let you know when the books are published and on the shelf
Warm Regards,
CancerDad
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