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Nervous for barium meal test. anything you can tell me to ease my fear?
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Barium Swallow?: A barium swallow consists of drinking a barium drink (kind of like a calky milkshake) and having it x-rayed as it goes down your GI tract. Doesn't hurt. Good luck.
Answered 11/22/2014
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