Re: Dr. appt. with better results
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Sat Oct 23 10:02:43 1999
At Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Merri Ellen wrote:
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>Hi everyone! I went to a Gastro Dr. yesterday for a consultation about
>a colonoscopy. I only agreed to go if we would JUST be talking about
>it! One false move toward a scope or instument and he knew I would make
>Flash Gordon look like a geriactric patient! Hahahaha! I have agreed to
>follow through with the tests (grrrrrr) if only for the fact that both
>my parents have had colon problems. Mom had colon cancer, ending in an
>ileostomy. He did agree with me that previous tests (11 years ago)
>revealed nothing and the entire trouble was not internal colon problems.
>He even agreed that my pain and bowel disturbances may be related to the
>strangle hold of nasty adhesions. He listened and resonded
>appropriately to my concerns about the scope. I am usually wrapped
>pretty tightly with adhesions in the bowel area and my fear is that he
>would push the scope against the resistance basically because he could
>not SEE anything to CAUSE the resistance. He promised to retract the
>scope at first sight of resistance. I didn't ask for a blood oath but I
>left the office reassured. He gave me Levbid to help control the
>spastic bowel problems. I have a question for anyone who has had a
>bowel resection during adhesion lysis. Could the adhesions, which
>usually form AROUND organs, also form INSIDE organs? I really feel that
>some of the bowel disturbance is related to the one specific spot where
>the resection was done years ago. Sorry about being so long winded!
>Everyone have a great weekend!
>
>--
>Merri Ellen
Hi Merri Ellen:
This is my concern too. I was told after my last lap that my sigmoid
colon was in an abnormal position due to adhesions. It was supposed to
have been fixed, have no way of knowing right now, but you now how that
sometimes goes. I asked a doctor on another forum about this and he
said with good skill and adequate medication there should be no problem.
I still say it helps to be aware that a problem could exist, as your
doctor does. It is for this reason that if I ever need another
colonscopy I will request that it be done by the colo-rectal surgeon
rather than a GI doctor. I don't know about all colo-rectal surgeons in
general, but this specific one also treats colo-rectal disorders and
performs colonoscopies. I am sure your GI will be very careful as he
does not want to perforate your bowel!!! Actually, I'm not sure how
likely this is to happen with a colonscope or flexible sigmoidscope.
Maybe Tina could help here.
Chris S.