anonymous wrote:
> I pulled this site up this morning and found it very interesting..Maybe
> someone will be familiar with my Moms sitution and can offer some
> help..She went to the GI yest. asking for her colonoscopy ( every 2
> yrs). He stated that he never even did the one from 2 yrs. ago,
> because of all the scar tissue in her colon..couldnt get the scope
> up..She was fuming because he never ever told her or my dad the results
> of this..When she asked about why he never said anything, his response
> was that he had sent the info. to her Internest and she should have
> followed up.. ( do I see law suit,for negligence?) Im sure the
> internest will be not real happy when she hears about this..Anyways. The
> reason I am writing is I just dont understand how scar tissue gets into
> the colon..Or is he saying the adhesions are from outside of the bowel
> and have capsulate the colon?She is petrified, lots of colon cancer in
> her family and has to get a Barium test done in a couple weeks, since
> they cant do the colonoscopy. She is diabetic, has mitral valve
> prolapse..Shes not been well lately with her bowel movements.she breaks
> out in a horrible sweat at times when shes going.. Im pretty good on
> picking up new information, but this one is just beyond my scope of
> things I am familiar with.. Any information would be greatly
> appriciated.. thank you very much.. Linda
>