Any radiographers/radiologists around?

[PassTheTwiglets]

I had a barium swallow x-ray the other day and the doctor who did it said that everything looked fine. I am now worrying though because I'm not sure if I swallowed enough barium! He said to take a big gulp but I found that really hard and I was having quite a small swallow of it, really. So now I'm worried that I didn't swallow enough barium to coat the inside of my throat and so the x-ray might have missed something (I think the x-ray only shows up parts of your throat that is coated in barium?)

So my question is - would the radiographer have been able to tell if I hadn't swallowed enough barium?

Yes the radiographer would have been able to see if you swallowed enough they would have asked you to take another gulp then take another x-ray. I do this to dogs who are very reluctant to take the barium so we often have to give several lots.

You would have had more than one image taken; they track the barium as it moves down. As Lonecat says, the radiographer would have said and taken another set of images.

That's great, thank you both so much - you've put my (over-active!) mind at rest :)

I hope the results help and you're on the mend quickly.