I had the ct with contrast & they just injected the contrast in the vein. I drank barium when I had a lower & upper GI. With the ultra sound I drank this stuff called Breeze but I don't know if it is the same thing as Barium or does the same thing. It's not that bad of a test but I had to pee every 15 min. afterwards bc of the liquid . Best of luck to you.

i pray that ur pain goes away

The ct scan with contrast is really quick and painless just a feeling of setting yourself when they inject the contrast which is weird .. the barium isn’t great as the drink is really thick and a lot of it then a fizzy really sour lemon drink to bloat you up and takes quite a few hours so take a something to entertain yourself xx