Re: thank you judy!
From: toni welsh (twelsh1@hotmail.com)
Fri Jan 19 08:37:36 2001
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Kate Murphy wrote:
>
>On 16 Jan 2001, at 16:15, toni welsh wrote:
>>I have been
>> trying to put up with this for awhile, and the only test they wanted to
>> do, was barium enema, and years ago I had a bad experience with one, and
>> I cancelled it, I am too scared. I had a small bowle follow through in
>> dec of 98, and have pretty much left the drs alone for awhile, they were
>> all confusing me!
>
>Toni,
>
>I am going to suggest that you talk to a gastroenterologist about
>your problems. This is their field. Then I ask them to do a
>colonoscopy UNDER ANESTHESIA. That can be done. All of my
>are done that way.
>
>If the GI doesn't want to do it, find one who will. I changed from a
>pretty hard-hearted guy to another one who says, "We will do it
>anyway you want it done."
>
>Things have changed a lot in the past few years in terms of what
>tests are available and how to do them more comfortably. I've
>never had much pain with barium enema, but others do. My first
>colonoscopies were very hard, now I go to sleep, have them done,
>and wake up and go home.
>
>Love,
>
>Kate
>
>--
>Kate Murphy
>katemm@mindspring.com
>
Kate,
what have your tests shown? I have not been able to read alot of posts.
Toni