Wow...you've been through the ringer this past year...I hope that you find answers soon to the trouble you are currently experiencing. On the good side, the NG tube they used for my enteroclysis was real thin compared to the NG tube you wake up from surgery with...not much comfort, but every little bit helps!
Hugs,
Janet
> [Original Message]
> From: <quinn@snet.net (Donna)>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Date: 7/27/01 7:27:35 PM
> Subject: intestinal bleeding
>
> A short update: I had 2 bowel resections and lysis of adhesions in April
> of 2000. In June of 2000 I started bleeding from the anastomsis site of
> the colon resection. I had another colonoscopy in Jan and he took out 2
> more polyps. I have continued to bleed and am now anemic. My
> hemoglobin bounces between 10-11.3 and my hematocrit runs between 32 and
> 34. So I am basically running on fumes. Yesterday I had a long
> discussion with my surgeon and he thinks I may have a tumor or av
> malformation in my terminal llium. He thinks there to much bleeding for
> it to becoming from the anastomsis site. So this is the plan.
>
> On Thursday I am having an enteroclysis, which is having an NG tube
> threaded down to my small intestine and have the barium put in that way.
> I guess for small intestinal bleeding this is best test. I am not
> looking forward to having an NG tube but I guess I have to.
> If that is negative I will then have and angiogram of the mesentary
> artery and see if they can see the bleeding that way. I dread that
> also. Then an another colonoscopy and trip to the hemotologist (sp) to
> see if there is possible a problem with my bone marrow and that is why I
> am anemic which may be separate from the intestinal bleeding.
>
> If all that fails then I may need to have surgery to try to find out
> where the bleeding is coming from.
>
> So, I am happy that something is being done, I just really don't look
> forward to the process of finding out what it is. I am not really
> worried about it being cancer, I just don't have a great feeling about
> avoiding further surgery. Oh well onward and forward and think positive
> thougths.
>
> Sorry for this being so long.
>
> DMG
>
--- Janet Karam --- janetk7@earthlink.net