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Re: Bowel / colonoscopy
From: Tracy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Oct 28 22:37:59 2004
He ladies,
I just wanted to say that I too was diaganosed with IBS before I was
diaganosed with endo. I only have a bowel movement once a week. I
would have pain exactly like labor, contractions and all. First
consitipation then diarrea. My doc prescribed levsin. As soon as I
would take one I could easily have a normal BM. I've been trying to do
without them since I ran out but I'm right back to where I started. I've
been off of them for 5 months or so. I didn't want to become dependent
on them but now I'm thinking of getting my prescription refilled. The
pain is just getting unbearible. I just wanted to share this with you
because it might bring some of you relief also. By the way the drug is
not supposed to make you dependent on it, I just get paranoid.
Tracy
At Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Paige wrote:
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>Hello!
>
>I feel your pain! I have had endo for 12 years, but 1 1/2 years ago my
>gyno sent me to see a GI who did a colonoscopy. I had severe
>constipation and pain as well. The colonoscopy proved to me normal.
>This past spring I had a few colonics done. This seemed to help a lot
>and has gotten me through until now. It could take away any pain and
>discomfort you may have due to constipation and make your bowel
>movements more regular, but obviously doesn't take away the endo. I
>think that one is related to the other. It is a relatively inexpensive
>to try (in Arizona it was $120 for three colonics). Just a thought....
>Paige
>
>At Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Kim wrote:
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>>Hi all, since this has been a bowel type of day for the forum, I thought
>>I'd get my questions in. I just had a colonscopy last week to rule out
>>any bowel / GI type problems. My doctor suggested doing this before we
>>proceed to the hyst. in dec. They didn't find anything last week
>>regarding my bowels. He spelled out "Completely healthy colon, no
>>inflammation, no redness, no polyps / masses or varicies. It is
>>comforting to know that nothing else is wrong, but I am still really
>>confused.
>>It is hard for me to distinguish my bowel symtpoms from endo or if they
>>are on in the same. About the same time last year I started having the
>>unbearable pain (suffered from endo for about 7 years but was
>>well-controlled until last year) and began taking pain medication to
>>help with it. I cannot remember at the time before starting the pain
>>medication if my bowel symptoms were there (who knew it would progress
>>to this or I would have kept a journal) or if the bowel symptoms are
>>only from the pain medication. The only bowel symptoms I have are
>>constipation (at least once or twice a week I feel like I cannot BM) and
>>pelvic / abdominal pain that goes from left to right depending on the
>>day, or both sometimes. I would have never thought anything as far as
>>GI, but my Dr. said my pain was a little high up and that during the
>>lap he didn't see any endo on my bowels and didn't take pictures because
>>"it looked normal." If anyone has similar concerns can you please e-mail
>>me. I would love to go off the pain meds to see if the constipation
>>part clears up, but again its not a daily problem and I take them daily-
>>plus I don't beleive I could make it for a week without taking somthing.
>>I don't have diarrhea or vomiting, but I do suffer from abnormal
>>bloating, seeing that I am on Lupron... I don't have a cycle and
>>shouldn't bloat like this. In my defense I have never had these types
>>of problems and eat meticulously- count fiber grams to make sure I get
>>25-30g and eat fruits and veggies with every meal--- anyone feel my
>>pain?
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