Re: GI tests

From: Toni Welsh (welsh@mail.fuse.net)
Fri Apr 16 08:39:37 1999


At Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote: >
>Has anyone had any barium xrays or CT with contrast that gave any
>information at all concerning adhesions?
>
>I have noticed in doctor's notes that they can tell, for example in a
>barium enema, how fast the different areas of the colon fill with the
>barium and this can give them an idea of a problem. I know xrays can't
>*diagnose* adhesions, but the findings can *suggest* their presence. I
>was wondering if anyone has had this experience.
>
>Also, I've read (on some website somewhere) that MRI with contrast can
>pick up adhesions, but then in other places I've read that isn't the
>case. Just wondering.
>
>chris

That is why I wanted the gyn to run at an ultrasound, and MRI, what is it going to hurt? I still am wondering about ovarian remnant chris, b/c the pain I am now having and HAVE had worse is where the right and last ovary was so stuck!

He said he would have seen it during the second laparotomy, but if it is just a piece of tissue, maybe he could not see it , it had only been barely 5 months since surgery, the hard pain is there, they tried steroid injections, they did not help, felt like they were puttting heavy liquids in there, I refused anymore, I almost passed out the first one.

Would you think that a dr would see a peice of ovarian tisse during surgery, I could be wrong, butit hurts there pretty bad, when I said something about it, he said he knows I have no more masses, the ovary is gone, but the other drs 2nd opinion said as stuck as the ovary was, it could very well be ovarian remnant! What do you think?


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