Re: Colo-rectal Surgeon Appt-Toni
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Sat Apr 17 06:39:18 1999
At Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Toni Welsh wrote:
>
>At Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote:
>>
>>Well, I finally got up the nerve and called my pcp to ask for a referral
>>to a colo-rectal surgeon. The pcp approved the referral so now I am
>>hoping to get answers to some of the questions I've been asking. These
>>doctors treat colon-rectal disorders as well as do surgery. The one I
>>am going to also has a website. I am optimistic this visit is going to
>>be productive.
>>
>>To those of you who have bowel adhesions, do you get weird sensations?
>>This is a weird feeling in my "problem area" , it isn't cramping or gas
>>pain, just a feeling like a muscle twitch. Other times it feels like my
>>gut is tightening , almost like, but not quite as strong as, braxton
>>hicks contractions in pregnancy. Does this sound familiar to anyone or
>>am I nuts?
>
>Chris,
>
>I do not remember the contractions, I did not have hard label, I was
>csection. But the tightening in the abdomen is akmost constant! I use
>the work very constricting, and that is when I cannot get up from
>sitting, and I pulled side ways to get in the car tonight, and it hurt
>really bad to twist the way I did. I also get sharp pulling and small
>stabbing pains that just are there when ever, they pop up at any time,
>since the neurotin, seem that it may be helping that alittle, makes it
>easier to do things. Let me know how your appt. goes, please I am
>afraid to ask about one, I am afraid the pcp will think I am crazy! But
>I think the biggest problem with me was that transverse colon had stuck
>to the pelvic floor, and suppooesed to ne across your navel, also
>extensive adhesions tho, on all the loops of small bowel.
>
>Talk to you soon!
>
>Toni
>>
>>Chris
Hi Toni:
Looks like this is becoming our private forum here. Braxton Hicks
contractions aren't labor contractions, they are a tightening of the
abdomen (I assume in pregnancy its the uterine muscle, but maybe not)
that occurs periodically starting about 5 or 6 months and getting much
stronger as the pregnancy progresses.I told the GI doc this is what I
felt and I found it so weird. He looked at me like I was crazy and said
you mean labor pain? I said NO. So apparently he didn't know what I was
talking about either!
I woke up several times through the night last night in a LOT of
pain-this is low down in the abdomen and I feel it in my back. I
haven't had this before. Today I can't straighten up, but am walking
kind of hunched over. I did about one hour of gardening yesterday,
surely it couldn't have caused this pain.
It may be possible for you to see a colo-rectal surgeon without asking
your pcp, if your insurance does not require a referral. The one I am
going to does not require referrals , a patient can make his/her own
appointment. Did you check out the website address I sent in an e-mail?
A Colo-rectal surgeon would be interested in your transverse colon and
if he said it was really not a potential problem, I would believe him.
There is nothing wrong with getting an independent opinion, it isn't
like you are signing up for surgery. Colo-rectal surgeons also treat
colon disorders such as IBS. I told my pcp that's what I wanted-another
opinion to answer the questions that haven't been answered yet. I guess
he thought it was reasonable. I don't have to have his approval, but my
insurance will pay more if I get it.
Chris